In our discussion on Monday, Nima and I examine the problematic situation in which Netanyahu has placed US President Donald Trump.  https://www.youtube.com/live/93CJkyvHAHc

Trump's threats to Iran are just an example of his method of negotiation by making threats to encourage a deal after which the threats are withdrawn. I do not think that Trump intended to attack Iran.  All he wanted was Iran's agreement not to make nuclear weapons and to accept routine inspections of their nuclear facilities.  But by making military threats, Trump crawled out on a limb, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cut the limb off behind Trump by injecting into the negotiations the additional demand that Iran give up it's arsenal of missiles and agree to stop producing missiles. This demand obviously is unacceptable to Iranians as it would leave them unable to defend themselves against Israel's attacks.

As Netanyahu's intervention seems to have prevented an agreement, will Trump now have to go through with his threats and attack Iran, or instead, will Trump stand up to Netanyahu and denounce him for blocking the nuclear agreement? Who is the strongest? The president of the United States or the Israel Lobby headed by the Prime Minister of Israel?

This is the question.

Little doubt, the Zionists in the Trump administration, the neoconservatives, and the American armaments manufacturers are pleased that Netanyahu has outfoxed President Trump by positioning him such that Trump now has to back down from his threats or go ahead with the attack. An American president should never have placed himself in a position where he loses control over the situation.