Source: The American Prospect
by Robert Kuttner
“Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have one thing on common, beyond their penchant for illegal one-man rule. They are both masters at the uses of distraction. Is the schoolyard brawl with Elon Musk an embarrassment and Trump’s Ukraine policy of cultivating Vladimir Putin an abject failure? Invade LA. Is Gaza a humanitarian and logistical nightmare, and are the ultra-Orthodox parties in Netanyahu’s coalition on the verge of bringing down the government? Make war on Iran. Netanyahu plays this game a lot better than Trump does. For weeks, we have been hearing from the White House that Trump’s Middle East diplomacy was deliberately isolating Netanyahu. Trump would make his own deal with Hamas on Gaza. He would reach his own agreement with Iran to limit nuclear capability, whether Israel liked it or not. Well, that was then.” (06/13/25)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-13-trump-netanyahu-iran-war/