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Results from Trump’s Visit to the Middle East

May 21, 2025
Results from Trump’s Visit to the Middle East
Results from Trump’s Visit to the Middle East

Results from Trump’s Visit to the Middle East

May 21, 2025
Kerry Anderson, Anna Jacobs, and Giorgio Cafiero

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Last week, President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates — his first major trip abroad during his second term in the White House. The region has experienced significant changes since Trump’s 2017 visit, during his first term as president — including the current war in Gaza and its regional consequences, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and improved relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. We asked three experts to highlight important or unexpected outcomes from the president’s trip.Read more below.Kerry Boyd Anderson Membership Editor War on the RocksTrump’s visit to Saudi Arabia exhibited warm relations between Trump

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