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Sidney Blumenthal writes:
That day, 18 June, Israel Hayom, the rightwing newspaper that is a mouthpiece for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and is published by Miriam Adelson, who gave more than $100m to the 2024 Trump campaign, ran a lead editorial addressed to Trump: "Mr. President, you have gravely harmed the human interests of the enlightened world, and you may be remembered forever as the president who brought about America's humiliation. You betrayed us, the Israelis. And in a single moment, the contempt you once faced suddenly seems so justified and logical." Netanyahu, who delivered his fate into Trump's hands, forgot that Trump abandoned even his mentor, the mob lawyer Roy Cohn, in the end. [Emphasis added]
www.theguardian.com
"There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!... IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. 'MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).'"
- President Donald J. Trump
Posted 3/6/26
Mission accomplished.