US EditionWhat Will Trump Find in the Middle East This Week?
- President Donald Trump returned to the Middle East in May 2025, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates amid regional turmoil and ongoing conflicts.
- His visit builds on a transactional realism grand strategy formed in his second term, driven by dissatisfaction with past administrations' failures and unresolved Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
- Trump’s envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, leads negotiations combining diplomacy and business interests, successfully securing hostage releases but facing criticisms over transparency and coordination.
- Key developments include a new push for Israeli-Palestinian settlement, expanded Abraham Accords, ongoing Gaza humanitarian crisis, renewed Iran negotiations, and Saudi-Iran détente under Chinese mediation.
- Trump’s strategy may shift U.S. Middle East influence, emphasizing pragmatic leverage and economic ties, but risks internal dysfunction and increased regional tensions if diplomatic challenges persist.
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What Will Trump Find in the Middle East This Week?
President Trump’s return to the Middle East this week, the first since his first-term 2017 visit, will take place amidst great turmoil. It is a region that bears little resemblance to the Middle East of 2017 and it appears, at least from media reporting this past week, that the Trump Administration has some understanding of … Continue reading "What Will Trump Find in the Middle East This Week?"
What Will Trump Find in the Middle East This Week? - LewRockwell
President Trump’s return to the Middle East this week, the first since his first-term 2017 visit, will take place amidst great turmoil. It is a region that bears little resemblance to the Middle East of 2017 and it appears, at least from media reporting this past week, that the Trump Administration has some understanding of this reality. Syria has been over-run and is now controlled by the same al-Qaeda that the US government supposedly spent 2…
What will Trump find in the Middle East this week? - Caribbean News Global
By Ron Paul President Trump’s return to the Middle East this week, the first since his first-term 2017 visit, will take place amidst great turmoil. It is a region that bears little resemblance to the Middle East of 2017, and it appears, at least from media reporting this past week, that the Trump Administration has some understanding of this reality. Syria has been overrun and is now controlled by the same al-Qaeda that the US government suppose…
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