Assuming President Donald Trump’s claim that he couldn’t stop Israel’s strike on Hamas officials in a Qatar residential district is true, he’s just suffered another devastating blow to his international credibility.
Events in the Middle East are unlikely to do much to hurt Trump’s political fortunes at home. But Israel’s attack in broad daylight in Doha could be ruinous to his self-image as a hard-power-wielding strongman mega2o2nde2gzktxse2fesqpyfeoma72qmvk3fkecip2l3uv3tbn5mad.onion who is feared abroad.
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