There is a familiar Donald Trump pattern, and it is ugly in its predictability. He courts applause with swagger, toys with danger, cuts corners in the name of “strength,” and when the wreckage arrives, someone else is left holding the bag. In Donald Trump’s case, the bag is almost certainly going to be handed to Israel, to the Zionists, and, if history is any guide, to the Jews themselves. The deal may be sold as a triumph. The fallout will be sold as somebody else’s fault.

This is the central fraud of Trump’s Middle East posture: the theatrics are his, the slogans are his, the grandiose promises are his — but the blame is always transferable. He wants the credit for toughness without the discipline of statecraft, the glory of “peace” without the burden of outcomes. WHEN the Iran track collapses, if the Middle East erupts, if America is embarrassed, if allies are betrayed, he will not stand there and say, “I misread everything.” No. He will look for a scapegoat. And the oldest, easiest scapegoat in Western civilization is still available on the shelf.

That is what makes this moment so dangerous for Israel and for Jews everywhere. Not merely the possibility of a bad agreement with Iran, but the political architecture around failure. Trump does not operate like a........

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