New York Times Opinion Columnist Thomas Friedman has offered President-elect Donald Trump some friendly advice on resolving the Arab-Jewish conflict just 14 days after Trump’s landslide victory.
Friedman is a powerful influencer:
- Having received a call from Trump four years ago thanking Friedman for endorsing Trump’s Abraham Accords
- Being a confidante of outgoing President Biden
- Having been a driving force in formulating the 2002 two-state solution proposed by Saudi Arabia overturning 21 years of Saudi foreign policy and endorsed as the Arab Peace Initiative 2002