Donald Trump is back in the White House. But unlike 2016, it is in a much more geopolitically fragile world that the Republican leader arrives. Will he be able – as he trumpeted throughout the campaign – to bring peace to the Israeli-Palestinian and Russian-Ukrainian conflicts with the stroke of a spoon? Despite his famous “art of the deal”, the title of his book, many contradictions in his speech do not necessarily argue for such a scenario. Explanations.
In Israel, despite the early hour, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu undoubtedly popped the champagne to celebrate Donald Trump's victory. It must be said that the Republican leader has always demonstrated clarity regarding his future positioning in Israeli-American relations. In recent months, the future president has, for example, committed to ensuring that Israel “never again be threatened with destruction” affirming that if he had been in power, the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7 on Israeli territory “would never have happened”.
While the Republican leader will return to his comfort at the White House at the end of January 2025, there is no doubt that he will be expected to turn as soon as he is seated in the Oval Office. “ Candidate Trump actually asked Benjamin Netanyahu that the war would be over when he came to power again. reminds us of Bertrand Besancenot, former French ambassador to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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