David French: Trump Has Some Tough Choices to Make on Israel and Part of His Coalition Will Not Like the Outcome

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FRENCH: “I think it was only a matter of time, no matter who won the election before, Israel was going to take advantage of this opportunity to hit Iran, to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities. And then Donald Trump was going to have to make some choices he didn’t want to make, because he had convinced one set of Americans that he was going to be Israel’s best ally. He convinced another set of Americans that he was going to be totally turning the page on American foreign policy in a way that no other president had. And these things are not reconcilable. These are not reconcilable ideas. And I think what he’s hoping is that Israel can finish the job with Iran so that he doesn’t even have to make the decision. But it’s very unclear whether Israel can finish the job, especially with the deeply buried nuclear sites, without American help. And what happens if he leaves Israel hanging with the job almost done, not completely done militarily? And so he’s going to — right now, I’m sure he’s hoping that Israel can resolve this for him, but it looks like he's gonna have some tough choices to make, and one part of his coalition is just not gonna like the outcome."