Trump betrays Netanyahu with shifting Saudi, Iran priorities - opinion

No sooner had President Donald Trump boasted that world leaders were lining up to “kiss my ass” for a tariff deal, than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaped aboard a plane and flew from Budapest to Washington, to be first in line to announce Israel lifted all tariffs on US imports.

Instead of dropping the tariffs on Israel (which are higher than those on Iran; no tariffs on Russia or North Korea) and having an Oval Office strategy session for destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Israeli leader got a surprise gut punch. He’d been summoned to be told the United States and Iran were about to begin negotiations on a nuclear agreement without him.

The last time a president held nuclear negotiations with Iran, Netanyahu went ballistic. This time, he is remaining quiet. He knew what had happened in Feb...
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