Notably absent from Rubio’s statement was any explicit assurance that the U.S. would back Israel if Tehran retaliated—a line that had once been a hallmark of U.S.-Israel policy. Trump, meanwhile, who finds himself increasingly at odds with Netanyahu over Iran and Israel’s conduct in Gaza, is walking a tightrope.

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