Trump Deserves His Middle East Victory Lap

President Donald Trump’s triumphal address to the Israeli Knesset Monday had it all: solemn vows, idealistic visions, boasts of strength, rambling digressions, and sarcastic humor. Not to mention a surprise twist, when Trump called on Israeli president Isaac Herzog to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial by pardoning him. Trump said the appeal wasn’t in his prepared text. “But I happen to like this gentleman over here,” Trump explained, “and it just seems to make so much sense.”

Spontaneity, common sense, and thumbing one’s nose at political establishments in America and beyond—these are hallmarks of Trump’s rhetoric. Yet the Knesset speech was unique. It was revealing. It will be remembered.