Steve Witkoff successfully brokered in the Middle East without any diplomatic experience

Rarely does the common phrase “lame duck” seem to be as applicable as it is these days in the context of US Middle East policy. It is no longer President Joe Biden who sets the tone, no matter how much he insists on it, but rather his designated successor Donald Trump. And he boasts his Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff: According to US reports, the Jewish New York real estate entrepreneur is said to have achieved more in a single meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than US Secretary of State Antony Blinken achieved in a whole year.