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Source: https://time.com/7327675/trump-israel-gaza-deal-interview/
The Return of America's Hegemony in the Middle East
(TIME) President Donald Trump interviewed by Eric Cortellessa - The U.S. President is "breaking all the long-held assumptions of Middle East diplomacy," says Michael Oren, an historian and former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. "Trump is coming back and saying: We're going to re-establish America's hegemony here. And he's done it - so far." "The real clincher was Trump's willingness to use military force (in Iran)," says Oren. "The previous Democratic administrations were very averse to using military force. They preferred soft power. Soft power is not widely respected in the Middle East."