When are We Going to Call Bibi President of the United States?
How will the years of Trump’s presidency be described in the history books? Recently, a number of unthinkable scenarios have unfolded that will mark Trump and 2026 as a profound turning point in American history, forever changing the country’s identity and position in the world. Trump’s decision to attack Iran on February 28 was remarkable because it was a decision Trump made more or less while ignoring his chief of staff and the majority of the clique of decision-makers around him, and favoring what Israel was pushing for: a quick, winnable weekend war.
However, if we are to believe the explosive slurs Trump directed at Netanyahu during a phone call, it appears that the world’s greatest nightmare regarding America—that it is currently fully controlled by Israel—has become a reality. Trump’s anger and frustration may well be genuine, even if what was reported was perhaps exaggerated for political purposes, but the reality is that Israel is blocking every deal Trump thinks he can strike with Iran. And even worse than merely blocking: based on Netanyahu’s statement regarding Lebanon, Bibi has not “recalled” IDF troops to turn southern Lebanon into a new Gaza. The killing continues, the systematic destruction of property and the war with Hezbollah have not stopped, pushing Trump into an even tighter corner than he could have imagined a few weeks ago. He is unable to attack Iran himself, since the GCC partners have denied his army the necessary support, but in reality those governments and their elites—particularly MbS of Saudi Arabia—have played the role of a safety brake against Trump’s madness, something Washington itself could not manage. The fact that Trump fired all the chiefs of staff from the Biden era and surrounded himself with underqualified yes-men has led to Trump being able to harbor the most insane ideas himself, and that only leaders from the Middle East can say no to him. Enough is enough, writes
Martin Jay .
What we are currently seeing in the region is the division between the GCC countries – those connected to Israel through the Abraham Accords – and those that have formed a new anti-Israel alliance with its own nuclear deterrent, a group consisting of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan that has no name but now forms an informal pact.
And amidst all this madness, there is more to come. Now we are hearing about plans by Israel to proceed with plans that would guarantee its annual military gift of 3.8 billion dollars from the US for the next 20 years, shrouded in even more secrecy by a bill in Congress that would essentially merge the Israeli government with the apparatus in Washington, thereby uniting the IDF with the US military.
This merger of the IDF and the U.S. armed forces comes at a time when Israel senses that future administrations and Congress will demand more accountability regarding how the annual defense subsidy is spent and regarding Israel’s intentions in future wars. It also comes at a time when public opinion appears to be opposed to American support for Israel and its regional objectives.
According to Al Jazeera, for example, a survey by The New York Times and Siena College this month showed that 57 percent of American voters were opposed to providing additional economic and military aid to Israel.
Moreover, 62 percent said they disapproved of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza, which began in 2023, has claimed the lives of more than 75,000 people and led to widespread condemnation, according to Al Jazeera.
There is some resistance from both chambers to the so-called Section 244, although those who have opposed it have, predictably enough, been called ‘antisemitic’.
But the fact that Israel is using its influence on members of Congress on its payroll to push through a bill that would ‘coordinate’ all military actions involving both the US and Israel demonstrates how far Israel has come with its absolute control over Washington. We have reached a new low of subservience, and it is Trump’s second term that has been the catalyst for this new world order, which will make any deal with Iran even more difficult—primarily to get signed, but even more importantly to execute, which the Iranians know, of course, which explains their slow pace in the negotiations compared to Trump’s panicky antics.
It is to Trump’s credit that he offered at least some resistance to sending American troops to their deaths when Israel mounted the pressure and insisted on digging in a longer, drawn-out, and deeper conflict with Iran. Skeptics hastily point out that Israel will only use a closer union to sell all American military secrets on the open market, but the bigger point is being overlooked. If this Article 244 is passed, it is only a matter of time before an Israeli prime minister can simply order American troops to fight any battle they wish. The days of heated discussions, threats, or even blackmail will be looked back upon almost nostalgically as a golden age in which an American president still had the final say on whether or not to deploy American troops. Netanyahu’s identity has been based for three decades on his boasting that he and Israel rule America, but that claim has remained largely unchallenged until now. Are we now on the verge of entering a new phase?
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