That's a big assumption. Maybe it was a crossbolt safety stored in accessible way. Still dumb, definitely unsafe, bit maybe not quite the unsafety we imagine.
The attitude regarding hijackers was different at the time - most hijackers were there for money or political stunts, often taking planes as they were full of hostages with few exits. Most of the time hijackings were not much worse than a bank robbery: starting trouble would make it worse for everyone and if you just waited it out, the hijackers would be on their way to other mischief.
Trump disapproved of the optics of Israel taking so long with the Gaza erasure. So.. Half credit?
Not to my recollection, but that was never the ambition with his "peace through power" schtick.
He made LOTS of hay about sending Witkoff over to try this, to the point that several posters here were grousing about the Logan Act.
Ehh, Biden talked a lot of shit- some of the most egregious were his red lines on Rafah. Yes he was a step up from our current admin (almost fucking everyone is), but he left a lot to be desired- especially concerning everyone's favorite Mideast Democracy.
"Nurse. You have to land this plane." In your most deadpan.