Trump, with a harsh policy, is making changes in the Middle...

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In a step that defied the world, the US President decided to move his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and issued his orders at the beginning of this year to assassinate Qassem Soleimani, the prominent Iranian leader, and led the mediation negotiations between Israel and Arab countries, in successive steps by which Trump wanted to implement electoral promises. But his political “achievements” have negative accumulations that may explode in the face of Trump one day, according to what was reported by the “New York Times”.

Trump has dealt more sharply with the “taboos” in the Middle East, and has already managed to achieve victories, which previous administrations were unable to achieve, but his withdrawal from the nuclear agreement and the assassination of Soleimani, and Israel’s normalization with Arab countries, led – according to the New York Times – to ignite a number of other conflicts. That threaten Trump himself.

Trump’s big and bold steps also had major “flaws”, as described by the American newspaper, which confirmed that Iran, in response to Washington’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement signed in 2015, has reinstated its nuclear project again, and experts believe that Tehran has enough nuclear materials. To make a bomb.

The killing of Soleimani thwarted any opportunity to negotiate a better nuclear deal with Iran, at least for now. The chances of resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict seemed distant than ever.

A businessman … not a diplomat

The American newspaper says, that Trump dealt with the issues of the region more like a businessman than a political one, as he used to pressure alternating opponents and dangle in economic temptations.

This approach has already paid off that the more strategic diplomatic approach did not achieve, but also failed – according to the New York Times – to persuade the Palestinians to compromise their national aspirations or the Iranians to abandon their ideology.

Observers confirmed that Trump, who lacks a comprehensive strategy for the region, made a huge mistake, which allowed Turkey to attack the United States’ Kurdish partners in Syria, and exacerbated the rift between Gulf allies, which hindered the containment of Iran.

His greater focus on helping Israel and harming Iran has led to a hands-off approach in the bloody conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya, which remain torn and dangerous.

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser and envoy to the Middle East, said the Trump administration had sought to create “fundamental stability” in the Middle East, by encouraging acceptance of Israel by Arab states.

He added that the president “took a pragmatic approach by defining the goals we want to go to and then working hard to move things towards them.”

Among Trump’s most ambitious goals are “defeating the terrorists, subjugating Iran, and achieving what Kushner called the final deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians.”

The American newspaper clarified that the Palestinian Authority has rejected Trump’s peace plan in the Middle East, known as the “deal of the century,” and Iran has resumed uranium enrichment as a direct result of Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, which brought it closer to being able to build a nuclear bomb, and the militias allied with it bomb the embassy. The United States has been in Baghdad with missiles so frequently that the Americans have threatened to shut it down.

The “peace plan” … a diplomatic coup

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be the issue that signals Trump’s greatest failure, according to the “New York Times”.

When Trump’s vision for peace, the long-awaited “deal of the century” for Trump emerged last January, it seemed as though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had framed it, ignoring key Palestinian demands and encouraging Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank, which Palestine rejected in the strongest terms.

The American newspaper emphasized that the talk of Israel annexing lands from the West Bank is tantamount to a “diplomatic coup” committed by the American administration.

The “New York Times” revealed that the normalization of the Arab country with Israel was a cruel measure for Palestine, because it relied in much of its strategy on putting pressure on Tel Aviv through Arab solidarity.

And she emphasized that few expect Trump’s peace plan to be the basis of any future talks.

Maximum pressure .. limited results

Trump has focused much of his attention on Iran, which he has described as the largest source of instability in the Middle East, through its support for a network of militias active across the Arab world.

Trump said on more than one occasion that the nuclear agreement signed in 2015 was a “failed deal,” so he withdrew from the agreement and launched a “maximum pressure” campaign aimed at restricting Iran’s financial resources.

In January, Trump targeted Iran’s regional militia network, ordering the killing of its engineer, General Soleimani.

This approach alienated the Western allies, but won plaudits from Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Iran’s enemies in the region.

The pressure campaign, including sanctions on Iranian oil sales and financial transactions, has strangled its economy.

Its currency has fallen nearly 50 percent against the dollar last month. Iranian officials have spoken openly about the ordeal, but have remained reluctant to engage with Trump.

Despite achieving political gains, but killing Soleimani would prevent Iran’s leaders from talking or dialogue with the US administration in any way, according to “The New York Times”.

At present, the Iranian militia network is still active, its nuclear program is in place and operating, and is rapidly approaching the ability to make a bomb.