Might Netanyahu persuade Trump to either okay an Israeli nuke or deploy a U.S. one to make absolutely sure the Iranian nuclear program is wiped out? From Annelle Sheline and Carol Daniel-Kasbari at responsiblestatecraft.org:
Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization — all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will arrive in Washington for his third visit of Trump’s second term. Today also marks 21 months of Israel’s war on Gaza. The purpose of the visit remains unclear, and speculation abounds: will Trump and Netanyahu announce a real ceasefire in Gaza? Will Syria join the Abraham Accords? Or might Trump greenlight even broader Israeli action against Iran?
Before Netanyahu’s visit, Trump posted an ultimatum on Truth Social, claiming Israel had agreed to a 60-day ceasefire. He urged Hamas to accept the terms, threatening that “it will only get worse” if it doesn’t. Although Trump intended to pressure Hamas, reiterating a longstanding narrative that portrays the group as the obstacle to peace, Hamas has long maintained that it will only accept a ceasefire if it is part of a process that leads to a permanent end to Israel’s war and its complete withdrawal from the enclave. Netanyahu, for his part, remains adamant that the war must continue until Hamas is eliminated, a goal that even the IDF has described as not militarily viable.
As of Thursday, the purported terms of the U.S.-proposed ceasefire deal were shared on social media, although neither Hamas nor Israel has publicly committed to it.
Trump’s diplomatic theatrics extend beyond a possible Gaza ceasefire. Instead of leveraging U.S. military assistance to end Israel’s bombardment and humanitarian blockade of the Strip, Trump signaled he might condition continued American security assistance on Israel halting ongoing corruption proceedings against Netanyahu. “The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar [sic] a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel,” Trump posted on his Truth Social. “We are not going to stand for this.”
Moshe Trumpstein can get a Nobel Prize out of a Cracker Jacks box.
I would go with more to ask and people just asking for a box of food are still getting gunned down as the air force drops US made bombs during this so called ceasefire.