Julian Borger

And so far, he hasn't.

He's stuck with this demand that Iran...

gives up its nuclear program, its uranium enrichment program altogether, so far, you know, has been fairly inflexible over that.

And so we are seeing something a bit different, maybe a Trump that's less worried about political concerns back home, because after all, he's not going to stand for election himself.

And Trump is usually all about himself and someone who is more concerned about the kind of legacy he leaves on the world stage.

There was recently a very disturbing article in The Atlantic magazine which said he's less comparing himself to Washington and Lincoln these days and more to Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon, which is worrying for all of us.

And this idea of what impact you leave on the world stage when you're gone.

Israel is a bit out of the loop at the moment because they had promised that regime change would happen relatively quickly.

It didn't.

And as the war has gone on, Israel has found itself more and more out of the picture.

It doesn't get briefings on the peace talks, as far as we know from the Israeli press, quoting senior IDF officials.

And so it's not been consulted, except when it comes to Lebanon,

where Trump has sort of imposed a ceasefire, a partial ceasefire at least, on the Israelis, which they are chafing under.

But at the moment, they are sort of out of the picture, but very much willing to get back into the picture if full-scale war with Iran restarts

The IDF is telling people they have a lot of targets yet to hit.

This was a strategic aim to weaken Iran permanently.

And as far as the IDF are concerned, it's a job half done.

Thank you.