Can a man without an official portfolio inflict an enduring defeat on a President-elect not yet in power? That would be the case – unless Donald Trump promptly repudiates a disastrous deal engineered by a special Mideast envoy-designee that would effectively force Israel to lose its war with Hamas.

Follow me: A rich investor-turned-amateur diplomat named Steven Witkoff invoked the authority of the pro-Israel Trump to coerce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire with the terrorist group Hamas crafted by the virulently anti-Israel Biden administration.

Hamas is currently holding out for even more unacceptable concessions than the virtually complete capitulation Witkoff and Company dictated to Bibi.

It is in the vital interests of President Trump and his incipient presidency 2.0, America and Israel that this moment be seized for the latest, hapless “Apprentice” to be told, “You’re Fired!”

This is Frank Gaffney.