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Don’t Be Fooled By “Trump’s” Gaza Peace Deal

Even in a best-case scenario, it’s still all about the grift

Unsurprisingly, the mainstream media is fawning over Trump, all but declaring that a Gaza peace deal puts him back in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize he has coveted since Obama won it. Bonus: A Nobel Peace Prize would really help launch some bigly new Trump brands.

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Even Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, is getting into the act, saying in a public statement, “We hope this effort will lead to a lasting political solution that ends the Israeli occupation and establishes an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

Abbas then invoked the mad clown by name in an overcharged bluster of praise by calling out “the great efforts made by President Trump and all mediators to reach this agreement.” Seriously, dude? No wonder the residents of Gaza’s rubble hate you.

Like all things Trump, the deal is mostly about grift, but luckily for the people living in Gaza, there do seem to be some serious players at the negotiating table, especially from Egypt, which has a strong geopolitical interest in seeing a peaceful resolution that goes beyond pure cash considerations.