The Trump-Netanyahu “Deal of the Century”
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🗓️ 30 January 2020
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced his Administration’s Middle East peace plan. The unveiling occurred in the midst of the Senate impeachment trial of Trump, for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, and on the day that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, in three cases. While nominally presenting a two-state solution, the plan heavily favors Israeli interests. Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the Trump Administration’s plan in the Middle East and the dangers that Trump and Netanyahu pose to the future of democracy in their countries.
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| 1:16.3 | politics. It's Thursday, January 30th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
| 1:23.9 | On Tuesday at a ceremony at the White House with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump announced the components of the administration's Middle East peace plan. |
| 1:34.8 | The unveiling occurred in the midst of the Senate trial of Trump and on the day that Netanyahu was indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases. |
| 1:45.9 | The plan strongly favors Israeli interests, and Netanyahu called it the deal of the century. |
| 1:52.0 | It's a great plan for Israel. It's a great plan for peace. |
| 1:57.7 | Frankly, Mr. President, given all that you have already done for Israel, I'm not surprised. |
| 2:06.4 | You have been the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House. |
| 2:15.8 | Robin Wright, a New Yorker contributing writer, joins me to discuss the Trump plan to solve the seven decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, |
| 2:25.5 | and the challenges Netanyahu and Trump posed the future of democracy in the two countries. |
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