Checkbook tour in the Middle East: Trump's purpose

Not diplomacy, but deals are the goal of the US President's Middle East trip to Saudi Arabia, with everyone who has an economic rank and name in the US.

"We are talking about a presidency which does not draw these borders between public and private interest and we are talking about a system in which there is no capacity for excellence because the Republican Party is fully subject to Donald Trump while having the majority," SIC commentator João Maria Jonet points out.

The White House negotiates with Tehran, makes agreements in the Gulf without consulting the Jewish state and has dealt with Hamas for the release of an American hostage. Netanyahu discovers that the alliance with Washington is solid, but not too strong. Read