Emma Ashford
With Jared Kushner to his left, Donald Trump listens to the rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch during a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22, 2017.With Jared Kushner to his left, Donald Trump listens to the rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch during a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 22, 2017. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
The only thing more certain than the sun rising in the east and setting in the west is that a Republican president will always support Israel—and that Democratic presidents will largely do the same while being blamed for the opposite.
And yet, U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting the Middle East this week, and his trip does not include Israel, despite lobbying from the Netanyahu government for him to do so. He recently negotiated a cease-fire with the Houthis in Yemen, even though their stated intention is to continue striking Israel. He even removed his national security advisor, Mike Waltz, reportedly in part for the sin of coordinating potential strikes on Iranian nuclear sites with Israeli officials without consulting him.
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