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Yaakov Bardugo: 'Trump will flip again — he only respects strength, and Israel has it'

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Yaakov Bardugo: 'Trump will flip again — he only respects strength, and Israel has it'

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Israeli political analyst Yaakov Bardugo said Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump will change his position again, as Trump only respects strength and resolve, which Israel possesses. Bardugo's assessment echoes his earlier critiques of the US administration's approach to Israel and Iran, according to posts on his the source.

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Israeli political analyst Yaakov Bardugo assessed Wednesday evening that US President Donald Trump will shift his stance again on Israel-related matters. 'He will flip again. He only values strength, determination, and power — Israel has that,' Bardugo wrote on his the source. The remarks come amid an ongoing public back-and-forth between Trump and Israeli leaders over the scope of IDF operations in Lebanon, as previously reported. In recent days Trump has called Prime Minister Netanyahu a 'great guy' while also urging restraint in Lebanon, and his confidant Mark Levin publicly criticized him for calling Netanyahu a 'problematic person' in Hebrew. Bardugo, a frequent analyst on Channel 14, has consistently assessed that the US administration's Iran approach is driven by a desire for a diplomatic exit rather than all-out confrontation, and that Israel must rely on its own strength. The analysis does not reference a specific new development.

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