Dr. Anne Irfan: President Trump mercurial nature

President Donald Trump’s mercurial nature makes his next moves on the Israel-Palestine conflict unpredictable, UCL historian Dr. Anne Irfan says.

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00:00I'm just wondering whether you anticipate President Donald Trump

00:04perhaps having a bit of a rethink, having spoken to other Arab regional leaders

00:09and not just the Israeli Prime Minister. Do you see that happening?

00:16Well, Trump is obviously something of a material figure

00:20so it's always difficult to predict exactly what he's going to do

00:23but as you said earlier, regional leaders including US allies, including the Saudi regime

00:28have been very explicit in their opposition to this plan.

00:32The question probably remains as to what we're going to see

00:36both Trump and the Arab leaders actually do in action

00:39either to make it happen or to stop it from happening.