On my weekly appearance on Halitics, the YouTube political videocast, host Hal Ginsberg and I wonder if Trump is less enamored with Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu, which we both agree would help Gaza civilians, who are subject to constant military attacks from Israel. President Trump is bypassing Israel on his current Middle East visit, which could be an indication of U.S. cooling to Israel’s aggressive policies.

We also talk about the right-wing moves to weaponize Artificial Intelligence to further their cause. And there was Robert Reich’s article on the Trump’s Huge Tariff Hoax, in which Trump can’t decide what to do with his tariff policy, and nobody, even the president, can figure out what he is trying to do.