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The White House has informed the public that President Trump departed the G7 summit after less than a day due to urgent matters concerning the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. However, Trump’s proposed approach to this international crisis seems more akin to a dramatic reality television episode, where he teases an impending decision on whether to deliver bunker-busting bombs to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu or to solidify an alliance for yet another Middle Eastern military engagement.
Reports indicate that Trump has signed off on a strategy for U.S. forces to participate in Israeli operations targeting Iran, although he has yet to issue a definitive command.
This raises an unsettling question: If Trump’s abrupt departure from the G7 was not about addressing a brewing war in the Middle East, then what was the real motivation behind it?
The truth appears to be disappointingly trivial, reflecting the pettiness we have come to associate with Trump.
Pravda Ukraine reported on a Financial Times article suggesting that Trump left the summit out of frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron:
