00:00And I think these are all the big questions that people want the answers to.
00:04And his 40-minute speech actually today included a variety of visual elements.
00:09And there was even a pop quiz.
00:13But dozens of diplomats walked out.
00:16We saw those pictures.
00:19And do you think that Netanyahu realizes right now just how isolated he is on the global stage?
00:27And that really the only person supporting him is the U.S.
00:32And if he loses that support, how is he going to keep on funding this war machine?
00:37Because it's mainly American money.
00:40That's right.
00:40American money and weapons.
00:42Absolutely.
00:43I think Netanyahu does.
00:45He's a very smart guy.
00:46He's a very savvy operator.
00:47This is why he's stayed in power for as long as he's been.
00:50He understands this.
00:52But in his worldview, you have to remember, in his Likudnik worldview, Israel has always been isolated.
00:59Israel has always been, you know, it's them versus the world.
01:03And some of that is because of the experience in the Holocaust and all of that.
01:07But ultimately, this has always been something Netanyahu has believed.
01:11So I don't know if personally Netanyahu much cares whether he and his country are isolated as long as they're seen as winning the tactical and strategic military side.
01:21But then you throw in the added problem for him of how far will America go along with him?
01:27And I think that's a big question now because it does seem like Trump is starting to create boundaries.
01:32He said, don't you dare do West Bank.
01:34He's looping Erdogan in and he's basically sort of, it seems, trying to kind of put as many players on the board with Trump to kind of force Netanyahu into a more compliant stance.
01:46So it's really a question now of does Netanyahu think he has enough to keep going?
01:51And he might have to reassess because up until now he has.
01:54But if Trump is starting to bring Erdogan and some of these other players into the mix, they're not going to want to see Israel keep doing what they're doing.
02:00And Trump might be sending a strong signal to Netanyahu, stand down or we will start pulling back like we're doing with NATO in the Ukraine war, handing it over to the Europeans and saying, tag, you're it.
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