From Israel, it increasingly appears that many assumptions about the Trump administration were wrong.
Donald Trump was once the president who warned America’s enemies they would “pay in hell.” Today, he portrays Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the reckless leader who wants to "blow up everyone".
Trump repeatedly described Iran’s rulers as fanatical and dangerous. Now, he speaks of them as rational, intelligent people with whom America can do business.
On October 28, 2023, Trump declared that there could be “no sympathy, no excuses and no escape” for the Hamas monsters and their Iranian sponsors. He said many times that he would "send them to hell". Now, he praises Hamas for being relatively “well-behaved”—as though even temporary quiet somehow erases October 7, the hostages and the organization’s promise to destroy Israel.
