00:00I would say his credibility not only is at stake, but he's the one who's willing to bet it.
00:05And I think that's one of the things that makes Donald Trump a little bit different.
00:08Oftentimes, he puts himself in a situation where you say, wow, this guy's entire legacy could be on the line
00:14here.
00:14And a lot of people would shy away from it.
00:16And that's why you don't get the groundbreaking change with other leaders.
00:20With Donald Trump, yes, his credibility is on the line because he believes in himself, his ability to deliver the
00:24deal.
00:25Now, is that going to be something that's taken advantage of by his adversaries?
00:29Absolutely. They're going to try to hammer him into the midterms.
00:32They're going to try to back him into a corner.
00:33They're going to try to force him to go back and forth on his word, to try to create an
00:37isoscelation inside the U.S., let's say, war machine as it sort of pulls back or holds the line.
00:44And in doing that, Donald Trump is going to have to pull out the ultimate art of a deal where
00:48there is time decay on the process.
00:51And that's the only thing that Donald Trump has working against him right here is the fact that they can
00:55play this out as long as they want.
00:57And so right now it's up to Donald Trump to find them an offer they can't refuse.
01:01And that offer has to be economic because militarily he's proven he can do what he wants when he wants.
01:06But ultimately that doesn't bring around the overarching changes that quite ambitiously were hoped by the Americans and our Israeli
01:13partners in this war.
01:14And so therefore it comes down to Donald Trump being able to actually weather the storm and the U.S.
01:19government not reacting very, very aggressively to certain small things that are maybe being used to try to pull this
01:26apart early on.
01:27Using the coalition of the Gulf states, his partners there, using the Abrahamic horns and technology transfer to bring the
01:35Arab states together towards opening up the street in a more equitable fashion.
01:40I think that's how he's going to be doing it.
01:42But absolutely his legacy is on the line here and he's certainly ready for the battle.
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