Trump Gets the Middle East Right

Raymond J. de Souza: Trump prioritizes commerce over shared values in foreign policy gamble

President Donald Trump’s preferred communications strategy — of which he has been a master for decades — is the omnipresent, ceaseless commentary on himself and his projects. So when he delivers instead a major foreign policy address, rather than observations on the passing scene from the Oval Office, it bears attention. He did so last week in Saudi Arabia. It was a remarkable contrast to the major foreign policy address he gave early in his fir…

Trump Is Doing What Neocons Wouldn’t in the Middle East

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump just wrapped up a very successful tour of the Middle East Gulf states and touched upon the tense negotiations with Iran, touched upon the Russian/Ukraine war, in addition. And he took…

Trump Gets the Middle East Right

The U.S. president has correctly abandoned decades of tradition in the region.

Trump’s Middle East Trip Flexes New Grand Strategy - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

President Trump’s whirlwind Middle East trip revealed a bold shift in strategic thinking; the beginning moves of America’s first truly 21st-century grand strategy. Some short-sighted “experts” have dismissed the trip as a glitzy, camel-riding, sword-dancing, hair-twirling, ego-stroking exercise showcasing nothing more than a transactional president’s transactional diplomacy. I disagree. They fail to understand that we’re 25 years into a new cent…

President Donald Trump's recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar was significant for several reasons. His meetings focused on economic and security cooperation, and included a long list of bilateral agreements in the areas of military and commercial aircraft sales, energy projects, artificial intelligence, and data center development. If these projects are implemented, everyone will benefit, and Trump will be justified …

President Donald Trump began a series of state visits to the Gulf countries on May 12. If one wants to be a reducer, it is the tour of a sales representative to clients eager to please him. On some sides this reminds the character of señor Oliveira in Tintin. If this visit is not a first, it marks a turning point in international relations. Donald Trump had already visited Saudi Arabia in 2017 for his first official visit during his first term, …