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We won three elections, OK? And some people want us to do a fourth. I don’t know. I’ll have to think about it,
Mr. Trump told the troops, yet again floating the idea of an unconstitutional third term in office
Somebody’s going to be taking the credit for this. You remember, press, ... this guy did it.”
he said, pointing to himselfGovernments and publics throughout the gulf like Trump a lot,
said Jon B. Alterman, a global security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington
We commend President Trump’s decision to lift all sanctions on Syria,
the leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho; and Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said in a joint statementThis was the one place that’s guaranteed to give him a very enthusiastic, warm and tightly controlled welcome,
Mr. Leber addedIt’s crucial for the wider world to note this great transformation has not come from Western interventionists or flying people in beautiful planes, giving you lectures on how to live and how to govern your own affairs,
Mr. Trump said at a gathering of Saudi royalty and business elites in RiyadhThey feel Western liberals want to shame them on their domestic issues, everything from L.G.B.T. rights to abuse of migrant workers,
Mr. Alterman addedThe respect shown to our country was incredible. Nobody’s treated like that. Nobody’s treated well like that.”
On Friday, the president reflected on his trip on Air Force OneThe last four days have been really amazing,
Mr. Trump said on Thursday, as he was leaving a palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where he had just been feted_(cropped).jpg)
Drill, baby, drill.”
In Doha, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the emir of Qatar, adopted Mr. Trump’s energy sloganThe U.S. and Qatar are feeding and fueling the world,
the emir said, before turning to Mr. TrumpThey don’t say ‘subject to financing,’
Mr. Trump saidI’ll be sitting home, who the hell knows where I’ll be, and I’ll say, ‘I did that,’
he saidFor decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington,
the Times of Israel wrote in an opinion piece, observing
Skipping Israel was seen as a reflection of the deteriorating ties between the U.S. administration and the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
noted an Al Jazeera analysisHe referenced peace only in the context of hostage releases,
observed Amjad Abu al-Ezz, a political science professor at the Arab American University in the West BankAlthough Trump's visit yielded some economic gains, the United States has yet to present clear solutions to the underlying regional tensions,
said Ali Johar, a UAE political analystToday, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge,
she said
I will never hesitate to wield American power if it’s necessary to defend the United States of America or our partners."
Yet he immediately followed this by saying
In the end, the so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built,
Trump told an investment forum in Riyadh, his first stop in the Gulf