Trump is abandoning Europe. Europe should abandon its appeasement of Israel

First came King Abdullah of Jordan. Now British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are slogging over to Washington to temper the passions of the man in the Oval Office.

A pattern has been set.

US President Donald Trump fires a salvo at the status quo on Palestine or Ukraine and the gatekeepers of that policy ask themselves: are Trump’s words for real? Or are these shock tactics, the opening gambit of a long period of haggling?

A Palestinian negotiator likened Trump’s tweets to guns being fired at a tribal wedding: lots of noise, some of the guests could even get injured by falling bullets, but in the long run, no serious harm done.

Is this right?

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