Will the normalizations continue if Trump isn’t reelected?

US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin had a message for the reporters on the first El Al flight from Israel to Bahrain this week: More of US President Donald Trump means more normalization between Israel and Arab and Muslim countries.

“We are very hopeful there will be other announcements,” he said. “Our expectation is, obviously, that President Trump wins and this continues… There is a lot more in the works.”

Would a Trump loss mean the end of the wave of normalization with Israel?

Mnuchin’s answer was: “I surely hope not.” But the question remains.

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