When Donald Trump returned to the White House last week, he immediately revived his habit of bombarding the public and media with a torrent of comments and actions, making it difficult for each one to be fully scrutinised.
But when it came to the Middle East, it was easy enough to extract the few statements he made.
They offered some clues as to how the new Trump administration might handle the issue – and it isn’t promising.
Never one to shy away from theatrics or float fantastical ideas, Trump had his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff suggest the notion of shipping the people of Gaza – at least some of them – off to Indonesia. ….more
