Middle East Tour Shows It’s Trump First, America a Distant Second

Donald Trump's foreign policy flip in the Middle East

All the "billion-dollar contracts and bling" of his visit to the Gulf last week shouldn't blind us to the fact that "Donald Trump pulled off a diplomatic coup, perhaps the boldest of his second term", said Pierre Haski in World Crunch (Paris). Surprising even his own Treasury officials, the US president announced in Riyadh that he was lifting all sanctions on Syria – paving the way for the country's reintegration into the international community…

Middle East tour shows it’s Trump first, America a distant second

President Donald Trump’s tour through the Middle East showed he is more interested in cutting deals for himself than in being president of the United States.

America Has Never Seen a President as Corrupt as Trump: The New Republic

In an opinion piece for The New Republic, Alex Shephard sharply criticized Trump’s Middle East trip, describing it as less about diplomacy and more about “business, business and business.”

Editorial: The president’s Middle East tour shows it’s Trump first, America a distant second

Editorial written by The Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board. President Donald Trump’s tour through the Middle East showed he is more interested in cutting deals for himself than in being president of the United States. Trump embarrassed and diminished America — again — as he heaped praise on the Saudi crown prince who ordered the dismemberment […]