Donald Trump's Gaza Gambit and the Art of the Deal

Days after shocking the world with his upset victory in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump espoused his hope of negotiating the "ultimate deal" between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs to resolve the "war that never ends." As Trump told The Wall Street Journal at the time: "As a deal maker, I'd like to do ... the deal that can't be made. And do it for humanity's sake."