From: The Times of Israel May 7, 2025
Flash forward eight years, Trump is back in the White House and is about to make his first trip to the region since reelection.

As in 2017 he will be going to Saudi Arabia.
Unlike in 2017 he said on Tuesday that he would not be visiting Israel this time.

The “very, very big announcement” he is teasing ahead of his departure could remake any understanding of what he is planning and doing in this region.
He may yet change his mind. That “very, very big announcement” better be a real zinger.

As things stand, Israel has widening cause for concern from a US president that our leadership and a sizable majority of the nation were confident would put Israel’s wellbeing high on his global agenda.

But for Israel, from a president with a proven first-term record of dramatic pro-Israel action —
1. recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,
2. recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the US embassy here,
3. brokering the Abraham Accords,

JCPOA agreement:
and withdrawing from the Obama-led, terribly flawed 2015 JCPOA agreement on Iran’s nuclear program — the words and deeds in these first 100-plus days are increasingly worrying.

Perhaps the mercurial US president will yet change his plans and demonstrate his solidarity with Israel by finding time to drop in next week.

Perhaps he’s playing a game so clever that, when all is revealed:
1. Iran, the Houthis, Hamas et al will find themselves outmaneuvered and helpless,
2. and we’ll see Trump’s promised new Abraham Accords allies partnering with Israel,
3. and our nation vastly more secure.