The U.S team in the meeting with Netanyahu included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. To summarise: Netanyahu was invited to the White House for the eighth time, at a moment when the regional roulette wheel is spinning wildly. Israel remains America’s only truly reliable regional base in an unfinished war, and it is still the cornerstone of the peace architecture on which Trump hopes to build his legacy. Both Trump and Netanyahu are operating amid election campaigns, each facing deeply divided electorates. Netanyahu understands that he must make it without distancing himself from Trump.