Krystal Ball
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Appearances Over Time
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Now...
Netanyahu is more popular than Trump.
And Netanyahu is not very popular.
So Netanyahu is incentivized to say, I am the one who will stand up to Trump.
Then what does he have to do?
Do something.
Does he continue the war in Lebanon?
He refused to withdraw troops?
And then what does Trump do?
Because...
If Iran says, well, then that's over our red line, we're attacking Israel, does Trump, now that Netanyahu is fully broken with him, does Trump attack Iran on Netanyahu's behalf if he's out campaigning against him?
Or does Israel now have to wage a war against Iran by itself?
As we reported, they're down to double-digit ballistic missile interceptors.
They rely on the U.S.
Navy's ballistic missile interceptors.
And in order to carry out their bombing runs on Iran, they need refueling help from the US.
Recently, when they struck Iran, if you notice, they did it from Western Iraq.
because they couldn't refuel.
That's much more expensive.
You're using expensive munitions.