Trump’s Middle East Masterpiece: Cooking A Strategy That’s Still Raw
KEY POINTS
- •Trump is drafting a post-Iran war strategy focusing on containing Iran and expanding Israel’s regional ties.
- •Meetings have happened at senior levels, with Trump calling the plan ‘something much bigger’ in private.
- •The strategy depends on the October 27 Israeli elections and November U.S. midterms, but Trump will push it anyway.
In a plot twist no one asked for, President Trump is reportedly 'cooking' a super-sized Middle East grand strategy so ambitious it’s about as done as a microwave soufflé. With cooking times measured in 'weeks' rather than seconds, the plan aims to contain Iran post-war while roping in Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and whoever signs up to normalize relations—ideally before the Nov. 2024 U.S. midterms and Oct. 27 Israeli elections. Trump boasted privately about it being 'something much bigger,' though details remain as sticky as nuclear diplomacy fallout. Meanwhile, White House lips are sealed tighter than the Israeli-Lebanese border agreements they’re trying to implement.
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(1 of 3)Source: Axios | Published: 9/4/2026 | Author: Barak Ravid