Trump, Netanyahu and the partnership that still shapes the Middle East

And yet, the media wants you to believe otherwise. They’re trying desperately to create tension. To invent distance. “Trump tells Israel to stand down.” “Netanyahu pushes back.” These are not serious headlines. They’re fantasy fan fiction for people who miss the days when American presidents gave Iran breathing room and treated Israel like a liability. But those days are over. No matter what some editorial board wants, no one is putting the Islamic Republic back on life support. No one is giving them another sunset clause, another $100 billion, another runway to the bomb. Because now we know better.

Trump and Netanyahu may be controversial figures. Plenty of people—left, right, Israeli, American—don’t trust their every word. Their motives are questioned. Their styles are criticized. But their resumes tell a different story. The facts tell a different story. And the record shows this: when they were in charge, the region got more stable, not less. Trump and Netanyahu may take different approaches—Trump with the art of the deal, Netanyahu with the calculus of war—but their endgame is the same: Iran doesn’t get the bomb. Israel doesn’t stand alone. And America doesn’t fund its enemies.

Netanyahu, Trump and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the UAE at the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House

This is what partnership looks like. This is what leadership looks like. It’s messy. It’s bold. And it works. So no, we’re not going back to 2015. We’re not going back to daylight saving time. We’re going forward to a new Middle East shaped by strength, trust and the kind of alliance that doesn’t need to be reinvented every election cycle. Let the pundits complain. Let the press speculate. The truth is simple: Trump and Netanyahu still know what they’re doing—and the rest of the world is just trying to keep up.