Netanyahu walked out of the White House glowing about the best conversation he's ever had with a president.
Aaron Maté spent this interview explaining why that warmth should worry anyone hoping the war ends soon.
The receipts stack up.
Leaked documentary footage reviewed by the Wall Street Journal catches the war machine mid-motion: Lindsey Graham offering to fly to Florida and push Trump into bombing Lebanon, with Netanyahu personally steering the timing.
"Right now that's not our interest. We could do it later."
Then the precedent: the last real Iran deal was attacked by Netanyahu from the floor of Congress and shredded by Trump, and everyone who shredded it is still in the room.
Washington's appetite for diplomacy is so thin that a congressional letter suggesting talks once died within 24 HOURS of being sent.
So Aaron's forecast contains no treaty.
One more spectacle if needed, a declared victory, a walk-away, and the machinery intact for the next round.
Best meeting ever. Neither man needed to say the word peace.
@aaronjmate
