In advance of the debate,"many assumed that these new rules would hurt Trump" given that"he feeds off live audiences," grumbles Politico's Jack Shafer.“Staged by CNN in an audience-free soundstage in which even competing reporters were banned, the Biden-Trump debate had more ground rules than an Ultimate Fighting match,”. That wasn’t the case as the new format “prodded him in a relatively measured and dignified direction.
But: “On the strength of the early projections so far, his gamble looks set to fail.” In the first round, the rightist National Rally seems to have won 34% of the vote, while “Macron’s centrist alliance suffered staggering losses, coming third” with 20.3% as “the left-wing alliance” pulled 28.1%. Depending on maneuvers in advance of next Sunday’s second round, National Rally “stands a good chance of forming a ‘cohabitation’ government under Macron’s presidency.
This “strategy encompasses decisive offensive operations to defeat and remove Hamas from Gaza” while also “defending itself from rocket, missile and drone attacks,” as well as “self-defense strikes and proactive defense actions to deter Hezbollah from entering the war with Iranian support. All the while, the Israelis must keep Iran in focus as it continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons.”
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