It does seem like President Trump is uniquely situated to really pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu to get this done, to abandon this war.

One White House state I was talking about this yesterday, even used the word bully.

Trump has had to bully Netanyahu to get here, and we appear to be on the brink.

So give us your sense here.

Do you think that Trump will follow through, see this to the end to make sure it happens, and will Netanyahu listen?

Yeah, look, you have to give President Trump credit for doing something that none of his predecessors,

including himself, have actually done, which is facing down Netanyahu. Joe Biden tried to and then

sort of swerved at the last minute.

Barack Obama, ditto.

Netanyahu tends to have got the better of American presidents.

And this is really the first time that an American president has faced him down

and has not, you know, has not accepted Netanyahu's reasons for foot-dragging,

delaying and not pressing ahead.

And so you've got to give credit on this to President Trump.

Of course, this is very early days.

I really like Yalda's characterization of both Israel, namely Netanyahu and Hamas, saying

yes, but, and Trump only hearing the yes.

He's got to continue only hearing the yes and overriding Netanyahu's objections, which

are going to escalate if this, as we all hope,

if this peace process unfolds, Netanyahu's going to find more and more tripwires,

and Trump has got to continue to face him down.

But I have, you know, it's a rare thing, but I am giving Trump credit for something.

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