Follow-up political sources wonder whether the Lebanese Authority, which failed to convince the American administration to exert serious pressure on Israel when this administration was at the height of its domestic political influence, will be able to receive more effective guarantees today, after Trump suffered a severe electoral defeat, and his staff is threatened with resignation and changes have become the subject of consideration by his Congress and his foreign affairs? When the results of the Israeli elections add a new element of uncertainty to Beirut's calculations, the authority that relied on Trump's ability to reach understandings with Netanyahu and impose new security arrangements is today faced with the possibility of changing the balance of power in both countries.