Bowen: Trump's role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace
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EPA/Shutterstock Speaking to the Israeli parliament, Trump declared "the historic dawn of a new Middle East"
Donald Trump's quick trip to Israel and Egypt was the victory lap he wanted. Anyone watching the speeches he made in Jerusalem and Sharm el-Sheikh, could see a man luxuriating in his power - enjoying the applause in Israel's parliament, and in Egypt, basking in the fact that so many heads of state and government had flown in. One veteran diplomat in the room said it looked as if Trump saw the role of the world leaders there as extras on his film set. Trump's message assembled at Sharm was, in effect, that he had created a historical turning point. "All I've done all my life is deals.
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