Will Trump Throw Israel Under the Bus in Part to Deflect the Epstein Fallout?

12:30 PM Friday.

My comment on Vance: 

I agree that Israel needs to plan for a potential President Vance challenge to the special relationship. But what about the possibility Trump could turn on Israel before 2029? And how much or little does Epstein play into this? Is Epstein a tangential scandal that will blow over, or is it potentially much more significant? Will the MAGA base want Israel to pay for "playing" Trump (and other US leaders), even if the Epstein-Mossad connection is conspiracy theory nonsense? I hate to say it, but Bibi may be a major liability for Trump's Phase 2 Middle East Peace Plan, and Trump has turned on Bibi before. Potentially an effective way to deflect from Epstein, too - blame Israel. I am very concerned about what Vance-Carlson-Owens-Fuentes represent, but right now, I just want the Trump-Bibi meeting at Mar-a-Lago to go well. We need to make Phase 2 work. Bibi needs to turn from the far-right back toward the center (if he won't step down).

End 12:33 PM.