Under the influence of his son-in-law, Steve Bannon and Sheldon Adelson, Trump has abandoned the cornerstone of US policy in the MiddleEast. Letting the parties decide whether they want a one, or two state, solution has superficial appeal. But if the parties could reach resolution on their own, this would not be an intractable problem.
Absent a destabilizing military solution, Palestinians and their allies will never accept a one state answer. Only a muscular mediator can bring the parties together, forcing Israel to accept a Palestinian State, and getting and guaranteeing Palestinian concessions. But Trump has turned us into the 98 pound weakling getting MiddleEast sand kicked in his face.
Trump's stand isolates us from our allies in the region and in Europe. The administration's shallow thinking, and bumpersticker mentality, undermine geopolitical stability.
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