Trump destabilized the Middle East with his decision to move the embassy. His abject ignorance of the history and religions that have shaped this moment have given succor to the agents of terror and chaos. Trump destabilizes, Hamas terrorists provoke, Israel responds. Repeat 1.

War drums are beating in the Middle East. Iranian aggression is fomenting both a Shia Sunni civil war and a new alliance with the United States, Israel , Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Sunni countries on one side and Russia, Iran , Syria, and other Shi’a nations on the other. 2.

In the meantime we are diplomatically isolated from our European allies who are being threatened with sanctions by an administration that seems in lock step with the Kremlin policy of sundering the Atlantic alliance and EU. This is all about Nov 18 for Trump. Domestic politics.