Leon Panetta says he also expects US president-elect to favor letting Russia retain control of areas of Ukraine
a “blank check” in the Middle East, possibly opening the way for all-out war between Israel and Iran, the former CIA director and US defense secretary Leon Panetta predicted.
“With regards to the Middle East, I think he’s basically going to give Netanyahu a blank check,” Panetta said of Trump, who“‘Whatever you do, whatever you want to do, whoever you want to go after, you have my blessing.’ I mean, he basically said that .”on Iran and its assets as part of a growing conflagration since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October last year.
Most observers think Trump’s election is bad news for Ukraine, which the Biden administration has backed with military aid. Many analysts suggest Trump will be less constrained by advisers than during his first four years in office, free to do as he pleases while in thrall to“That’s going to take some negotiation,” Panetta said, of Russia-Ukraine.
“Well, yeah, he could by simply capitulating to tyrants and to adversaries and to autocrats and letting them have their way. But I’m not so sure even his own party, Republicans, are going to be willing to let him simply let tyrants do whatever the hell they want to do.”
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