Tommy Vietor

I think it was Trump using his leverage in a way that Joe Biden wouldn't.

That kind of changed things.

Now, the politics are different.

Like Trump let Steve Wyckoff and Jared Kushner talk directly to Hamas.

Imagine if a Democrat did that.

Right.

The entire Republican Party would light itself on fire and probably prosecute that person.

But like Trump, no one will say anything about it.

We don't want to relitigate all the Biden of it all, but the times Biden pressured Netanyahu, it was usually about humanitarian access and aid getting into the Gaza Strip.

It was not about real pressure to end the war.

I wish he had done that.

But I think what the Biden people would say is, well-

You know, Biden knew that Netanyahu wanted Trump to win the election.

And in this case, you know, Netanyahu knew that if he pissed off Trump, he would lose not only support from all the Democrats who are already gone, but also from Republicans if Trump turned on him.

So he felt pressure in a way he didn't.

Now, I don't I don't know that I agree with that.

Like, I think Biden had way more leverage.

He just never really used it.

But that would be the argument from them.

Yeah, no, I think you're right.