As America’s allies in Europe and the Middle East struggle to find a response to Trump, therefore, Netanyahu finds himself:
1. with US-backed freedom of action
2. and presidential support.

And, unlike Zelensky, Netanyahu, who fell out with Trump after congratulating Biden on his 2020 presidential victory, has since developed an ability to understand the US president and remain in his good graces.

The prime minister’s bellicose speech to the Knesset on Monday evening, in which he painted himself as the victim of an ostensible series of false allegations concocted by the deep state and its corrupt mainstream media, was meant in good part for Trump’s ears.

Day 517 to date, however,
1. none of Netanyahu’s key war goals have been achieved,
2. and none of his other core promises have been fulfilled.
3. Iran’s nuclear program continues to progress.
4. Relations with Saudi Arabia are not normalized.
5. Hamas, still kicking, rules Gaza. And it is still holding 59 hostages.