Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C., said that when Netanyahu meets Trump at the White House on Tuesday, he will likely try to once again push for regime change in Iran. However, Trump will not buy it because he does not want to do so. Domestically in the U.S., this war is extremely unpopular politically, so what Netanyahu can gain from this meeting remains to be seen. Previous meetings between Trump and Netanyahu in Washington have often been followed by an escalation of tensions with Iran, and it remains to be seen whether this pattern will continue. Israel is still dissatisfied with the memorandum of understanding reached between the Trump administration and Iran because their perception of the Iranian threat differs from that of the U.S. Israeli officials will want Netanyahu to continue pressuring Trump on Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The Trump administration's response may be: unless the U.S. decides to send troops to occupy Iran, the military actions the U.S. military can take are limited. And the idea of occupying Iran is something no one takes seriously. (Jin Shi)
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