Even in the earlier "Deal of the Century," Benjamin Netanyahu steered Donald Trump toward a Bar-Ilan-style bear hug: first applying Israeli law to parts of the territories, and only afterward offering a "minus Arab state."
Washington now faces choices: proceed with the deal and adjust its conception of alliances in the region or succumb to legislative stagnation and reject or downgrade the deal.
Ursula von der Leyen ... has promised Trump a ransom to stop ... the threatened tariffs on European companies. It is unclear ... when the next round of blackmail will follow.