For decades, U.S. involvement in Libya has oscillated between neglect and fleeting moments of attention and resolve. But so far, the second Trump administration has displayed a surprising degree of interest in the oil-rich country. It appears to want to end the long-standing stalemate between Libya’s two ruling factions—the UN-recognized government of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba in the west in Tripoli and the domain of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, based in the eastern city of Benghazi.