"The writer seems to think that Donald Trump isn't up to the task of dealing with the problems in the Middle East because he went to business school, not the School of Foreign Service. Well, all of those people who went to the right schools don't seem to have done very well in the Middle East. On the face of it, things haven't changed that much, but it's apparent that significant change is now possible."
"In league with Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump has quieted the Iran threat for now. Trump then talked Netanyahu into stopping the firing of further missiles into Iran unnecessarily. Then Trump persuaded Netanyahu to publicly apologize to the leader of Qatar. Any progress could disappear as quickly as another Oct. 7 event takes place, but at least this is a promising step in the right direction."
Donald Trump, despite a business‑school background, is credited with calming the Iran threat, persuading Netanyahu to halt further missile fire and to apologize to Qatar's leader, with progress described as fragile amid the potential for renewed violence. Congressional and presidential policy choices eliminated or reduced SNAP and Medicaid benefits and led to government job losses. Foreign aid funding for programs such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria was ended, despite claims that the fund saved over 70 million lives and billions of dollars in medical care. The position advocated is that U.S. priorities should help poor and working people rather than enrich the wealthiest.
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