Today, Prime Minister Netanyahu will become the first foreign leader to visit the White House since President Trump’s return – a mark of his enduring support for Israel and the importance of advancing Middle East peace.

That hasn’t stopped liberals from insisting the Trump Administration is taking a sledgehammer to U.S. alliances, but the truth is the opposite: the White House is working to rebuild America’s relationships in the Middle East after years of neglect and hostility under President Biden.

In order to set the record straight, POLARIS National Security is releasing an ‘Alliance Management 101’ Cheat Sheet to share some basic best practices for winning friends and influencing nations – as seen in the Middle East!

DOs (2025) & DON’Ts (2021-2024) of Alliance Management.

DO: Invite Israel’s leader to be the first head of state to visit the White House just days after your inauguration like President Trump.

DON’T: Boycott Israel’s leader for weeks like President Biden, who refused to pick up the phone and waited for a new PM before extending an invitation to meet.

DO: Threaten Hamas terrorists with “hell to pay” for refusing to release hostages, which helped President Trump facilitate a phased deal before even taking office.

DON’T: Blame Israel like President Biden for “not doing enough” to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal, casting Israel as obstructing an agreement rather than Hamas.

DO: Take strong action to protect Jewish students like the Trump White House’s Executive Order revoking visas for foreign students expressing support for Hamas and Hezbollah.

DON’T: Downplay anti-Semitic protests on college campuses, such as the Biden White House’s efforts to shield universities with pro-Hamas activism from accountability and ignoring Title VI complaints.

DO: Release shipments of weapons used by Israel to kill terrorists, defend itself from the Iranian regime, and replenish its stockpiles. President Trump did this within his first week back in office.

DON’T: Withhold arms from Israel during its war of survival – as Biden did stopping multiple bomb shipments – despite their use eliminating the architects of October 7 and top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

DO: Nominate pro-Israel leaders for cabinet roles, include Sec. Rubio, NSA Mike Waltz, incoming UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik, and many others.

DON’T: Shield anti-Israel U.S. government officials while insulting Israel’s leader (as reported by Bob Woodward about President Biden) and allowing personal vendettas to cloud policy judgment.

DO: Denounce the International Criminal Court like President Trump and supporting Senate efforts to sanction it for its anti-Israel lawfare and anti- Semitic conduct.

DON’T: Whip House Democrats to vote against sanctions legislation for the International Criminal Court – as the Biden White House did last June – after it issued arrest warrants against Israel’s leaders.

DO: Seize momentum of phased ceasefire agreements between Israel and its adversaries to renew expansion efforts for the Trump Admin’s Abraham Accords.

DON’T: Politicize the Abraham Accords by ordering Blinken’s State Department not to refer to them as anything other than ‘normalization agreements'.

DO: Hold your first foreign leader call since returning to office with the Saudi Crown Prince, securing $600+ billion in investment over the next four years - as President Trump did days ago.

DON’T: Pledge to turn Saudi Arabia into a “pariah” state on the campaign trail like Biden did in 2020 before realizing we need Saudi Arabia’s help for a host of regional security issues.

DO: Issue an Executive Order to set in motion the Houthis’ re-designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and deter Iran’s proxies from continued attacks, as the Trump Administration is already doing.

DON’T: Revoke the Houthi’s Foreign Terrorist Organization designation – only to partially relist them like Biden under a weaker designation after nonstop Red Sea attacks, strikes on Tel Aviv, and major shipping disruptions.

DO: Instruct the Treasury Department to remove sanctions against Israeli individuals and entities in Judea and Samaria, restoring focus on anti-Israeli terrorism like the Trump White House did days ago.

DON’T: Sanction Israelis in Judea and Samaria with no defined standards like the Biden Administration while refusing to act against the Iranian regime’s terror- support and West Bank violence.