If anything, Israel is increasing its attacks on Lebanon. Ben-Gvir is making on the record comments like "For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn."

Israel absolutely seems to be taking full advantage of Trump to play utter brinkmanship.

Source: https://thecongressionalinsider.com/how-one-statement-escala...

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The question ultimately becomes "How much pain is Trump willing to let the US bear on the behalf of Israel?"

But in general, the answer(and not just for reasons of Israel, but his own fragile ego) is "quite a lot".

Israeli trust in Trump has already plummeted[1].

[1]: https://www.timesofisrael.com/poll-71-of-israelis-dont-trust...

Oh I think he manages to look like an idiot without external help...

Well you can definitely crack Donald Trump's image but when it comes to the loss, most of the loss will be borne by common people. Oil prices will once again rise markets once again fall and AI is already taking jobs. Inflation will rise along with unemployment and bad times are coming. This is happening mostly because of the foolishness of Trump.

I think it is about making US pressure Israel and eventually rupturing that relationship.

Meanwhile, Israel is trying to sabotage the peace process and dont care about that relationship.

Iran is Lucy, Trump is Charlie Brown, and the Straight of Hormuz is the football

Or, US can’t figure out how to tell Israel to stop going insane

Iran or Israel?

> relatively low cost to themselves

You really believe that? Because bombing will continue until morale improves.

The real question is why does this make Grump look like an idiot any more than the numerous other idiotic things he's already done.

I don’t think it’s that. I think Trump and the US could simply use brute force to stop Iran’s attacks, control the strait, and replace the Islamic fundamentalist regime. If they wanted to.

But that’s not profitable to Trump and his family and friends and donors. By making announcements and deals and truces all the time, they can make trades anticipating each dishonest announcement. And that makes them incredibly rich and powerful.

Trump doesn’t care if anyone thinks he’s an idiot. He’s actually doing quite well if you consider the goal to be selfish corruption.

Everything is going to plan! Protect the precious bodily fluids.

Aragchi was likely correct in saying the Israeli death cult is a threat to all of humanity at this point. This is untenable.

In this case Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, then had IDF soldiers inside Lebanon try to capture a base that Hezbollah holds. I think it’s reasonable to expect that if you sign a ceasefire and subsequently try to capture a base held by the other party of the ceasefire, they will shoot at you.

Beg Gvir said that all of Lebanon must burn. Consider who is the real aggressor here.

Speak ill of no man

Israel is mass killing civilians in Lebanon, just as they did in Gaza, while they simultaneously enact pogroms in the West Bank.

To be fair, none of that has been paid out yet.

I thought the reconstruction $300 billion is entirely from gulf states?