During the US election campaign, President Donald Trump boasted the fact that he moved the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights, the peace agreements he brokered between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, and Bahrain – and at least five other deals that are in the works, according to the US administration.
Trump was also planning to endorse sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, but to realize that he had to have been elected for another term in office.
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This is why, as an Israeli, one can be concerned about the results at this point, or at least contemplate what could have been achieved by the US and Israel during a second Trump term. This does not mean to imply that former Vice President Joe Biden is anti-Israel – not at all. But a pro-Israel president like Trump, one who has made his support for the Jewish state such an essential and prominent component of his legacy, has never before walked the halls of the White House.
Even if Trump is defeated, the legacy he carved out in his four years in office is guaranteed. The Republicans will make sure to preserve his achievements and the United States will make sure to hold on to the assets he procured for it, some of which are very important to Israel, too.
Contrary to the pundits' predictions, a "blue wave" did not sweep across America, and the "Trumpism" they like to label as a historical faux pas is here to stay.
Polls projected a historic landslide victory for Biden, meaning a clear-cut popular statement by the American people against Trump – but that wasn't the case.
The polls weren't just wrong – in key battleground states, the polls constantly created a false representation of a clear Biden victory, and that may have made may Trump supporters feel like their vote won't matter, so why bother with it.
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