Some prominent Trump supporters are urging him to continue diplomacy in the Middle East rather than veer toward greater involvement in Israel’s war with Iran.
Dan Caldwell, a top Pentagon aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth until he was fired this spring, wrote online on Thursday night that “yet another major war in the Middle East where America sends another generation of its sons and daughters to die in support of objectives that are not tied to our safety or economic prosperity is the last thing we need right now.”
On the Gaza front, Mr. Trump spoke excitedly early in his presidency about a post-conflict scenario, saying the United States would “take over” the Palestinian territory and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
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