Diplomatic emergency and escalation risk: a routine-friendly photo op and discrete diplomatic ask (Leo asking Israel to delay public accusations) becomes a crisis when Ben Yosef's transport goes missing — forcing the White House to manage alliance trus...
Diplomatic emergency and escalation risk: a routine-friendly photo op and discrete diplomatic ask (Leo asking Israel to delay public accusations) becomes a crisis when Ben Yosef's transport goes missing — forcing the White House to manage alliance trust, prevent immediate retaliation, and reconcile domestic success with emerging international danger.
Events in This Arc
What opens as a jokey photo opportunity — Leo accepting a yarmulke from Israeli minister Ben Yosef — quickly sharpens into a terse hallway negotiation. Ben confronts Leo about rumors …
During a brisk Oval Office briefing that begins with relief over a foiled Iowa bombing plot, the mood pivots when Jerry delivers a terse international update: an Israeli transport has …