Lucy Hough

Or is there something else that we can read into his psyche?

Yeah, and facing pressure not just internationally, but also domestically, where he's facing record disapproval ratings.

Six in 10 Americans now disapprove of his presidency, which will be very worrying for him as we approach the November midterms.

Is that playing into all of this decision making, basically to speed things up in a war that has proved much more complex than perhaps he and his Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, anticipated?

Yeah, a terrifying prospect, Julian.

So you mentioned Israel and obviously this being an Israeli initiative in the first instance or Trump entering this war under pressure from Netanyahu's government to do so.

Where does Israel stand in all this now?

Julian, thank you for your time and thank you for your reporting.

That's it for today.

My huge thanks again to Julian Borger, The Guardian's Senior International Correspondent.

You can keep up with his reporting over at theguardian.com.

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