One certainly should hope so. Presidents issuing red lines and failing to enforce them created much of the mess that Donald Trump cleaned up in his first term. The decision to directly engage with Hamas sent some mixed signals, and even the ‘last warning’ didn’t appear to deflect the White House from attempting to cut a deal with Hamas.
And that’s still possible, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East said late yesterday. But … tick tock, tick tock:
“I think there’s going to be some action taken” if Hamas fails to surrender its hostages, Steve Witkoff told reporters Thursday outside the White House. “It could be jointly with the Israelis.”
Asked if Witkoff meant the U.S. would join Israel in a military action, Trump said Thursday, “Well, we’re going to find out.”
“Somebody’s going to have to get a lot rougher than they’re getting. It’s a…
