BBC Expert Explains Why Donald Trump Is Being 'Played' By Russia And Israel

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner. Donald Trump is being “played” by both Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu as his hopes of winning the Nobel peace prize take a battering, according to a BBC expert.Jeremy Bowen, the corporation’s international editor, delivered his brutal assessment of the US president’s diplomatic abilities after both Russia and Israel launched military attacks.Poland announced that it had shot down Russian attack drones after they entered the country’s airspace overnight.Meanwhile, Israel has faced international condemnation – including from Trump – after it carried out airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha.Trump has repeatedly predicted that deals to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are imminent, but none have materialised.On Radio 4′s Today programme this morning, Bowen said the Russian and Israeli leaders were stringing Trump along.He said: “As for President Trump, his ambitions to be this Nobel peace prize-winning ender of wars appears to be hitting another roadblock.“I think you can quite convincingly argue right now that now only has he been played by President Putin, but he’s also been played by prime minister Netanyahu of Israel.“You look at Trump’s response to that attack in Doha yesterday where he’s saying they didn’t really know about it, they’re very unhappy about it because Qatar is such an important ally of the United States.“On both fronts there are two leaders, Netanyahu and Putin, who on one level are being very chummy with front, but on another level are doing what they want to do.”Related...'It's A Pity': Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says Trump 'Gave Putin What He Wanted' With This 1 MoveKremlin Vows To 'Never' Abandon War Goals After Trump Renews Sanctions ThreatNetanyahu Orders Gaza City Residents To Relocate Amid Israeli Strikes – But There's Nowhere Left To Go

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