Tried search_query=1wr0StT-_eQ but it didn’t work for me – resulted in videos of math equations, though I can guess what it came up with. I expected Friedman to be reappointed. Waiting to see what the full roster of Trump appointees will look like. Rubio not a bad choice for Secretary of State and Stefanik a good choice for UN ambassador. Ramaswamy could be interesting. Don’t know about anyone else including Trump’s mideast envoy Witkoff.
No surprise that those who object to Huckabee have nothing to say about Mahmoud Abbas who blatantly spewed antisemitism and Holocaust inversion accusations at the UN and has failed to hold elections for 20 year. Equally objectionable and where people also remain silent is Husam Zomloft, PA representative to the UK who seems to be acting without direction from Ramallah, supports Hamas and advocates ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews. Huckabee’s 2 main points from 2017 appear to be that “west bank” is a neologism that was created in the 1960s to shift perceptions of title to Judea and Samaria is correct – UNGA 181 does refer only to the latter and applying Google ngram to the phrases show that the former only achieves prominence in the mid to late 1960s. His other objection to a “2 state solution” won’t play well in diplomatic circles but as long as Abbas hangs on nothing is going to happen on that file – corruption within the PA is too deep and any conciliation with Israel would be a death sentence for Abbas as his cronies jockey for position.
Harris was a light weight ditz prone to word salads and not a serious policy maker. Trump a bully and a narcissist, somewhat similar to Erdogan in that respect IMV. My prediction from early in the year is that neither Trump not Biden would live out the 2025-2028 term of office due to health concerns and that people should focus on the VP candidates. So far I was right about Biden.
