US President-elect Donald Trump, again named Time’s “Person of the Year,” told the magazine on Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows he wants the Gaza war to end, hinted a war with Iran could be in the cards and refrained from endorsing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even though his “deal of the century” proposed a version of Palestinian statehood in 2020.“The Middle East is going to get solved. I think it’s more complicated than the Russia-Ukraine, but I think it’s easier to solve,” Trump said, according to a transcript of the interview.
Asked about the chances of war with Iran, Trump paused before replying, “Anything can happen,” in a shift from his messaging during the campaign, when he pledged that he wouldn’t start any new wars. (Read More)
