Trump Hosts Gulf Leaders at White House Amid Rising Violence, Peace Concerns

Trump held a meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince in his Oval office and had a special dinner with Qatar’s prime minister.

The President of the Republic drew attention to the Basra Bay, a wealthy region where members of the family have comprehensive business relations. He has already visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates during his first foreign policy trip.

With little progress to share the most stubborn problems of the region, including the war in Gaza, Trump focused on encouraging diplomatic ties as a tool for economic growth on Wednesday.

Tr Everything they need, we helped them, Tr Trump said, while meeting with Bahrain Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad al Khalifa, Oval in the Oval office. “And everything we need helped us.”

Bahrain has been an ally for a long time hosting the US fifth fleet operating in the Middle East.

Like other Arab leaders, Al Khalifa was eager to emphasize the profitable potential of the US and diplomatic ties, including $ 17 billion investment.

“And that’s the truth,” he said. “This is real money. These are not fake agreements.”

According to the White House, agreements include buying American aircraft, jet engines and computer servers. More investments can be made for aluminum production and artificial intelligence.

King of Bahrain, the Crown Prince’s father is expected to visit Washington before the end of the year. An important part of the relationship will be an agreement signed on Wednesday to advance cooperation on civilian nuclear energy.

Dinner with Qatar Prime Minister

Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, a member of the Prime Minister of Qatar and a member of the country’s ruling family, was at the White House for a special dinner with Trump on Wednesday evening.

Trump visited Qatar during his trip to the region, amazed to his palaces, and stopped at the Al Udeid Air Base, a key military facility of the USA.

The US was targeted by Iran after bombing the country’s nuclear facilities. While a ballistic missile effect, others were caught.

Trump wants to use a luxurious Boeing 747 donated by the Air Force one by Qatar because he was tired of waiting for Boeing to finish new planes. However, the regulation has increased concerns about the morality of accepting a gift from a foreign government.

“The Gulf represents everything Trump is right about the Middle East,” Aaron David Miller, who served as a consultant to the Middle East issues to democratic and republican administrations. He said.

“It was filled by the authoritarians, rich, stable, the president feels very comfortable.” He said.

Fight in Syria

The struggle in Syria began with clashes between the Sunni Bedouin tribes and the Draze fractions in the south of the country. The government intervened and gathered alarms in Israel, where Drze was a politically influential religious minority.

On Wednesday, Israel launched strikes in the capital of Syria Damascus. A ceasefire was later announced, but it was unclear whether it would hold it.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who was in the Oval office for Trump’s meeting with Bahrain Crown Prince, said the war was the result of “unfortunate situation and misunderstanding”.

We think that we are on the way to a real rise, “he said.

Despite an international scream on punishing military operations in Gaza, Israel has successfully weakened its enemies in the region, including Hezbollah and Iran.

Brian Katulis, a senior member of the Middle East Institute, said, “There is an increasing concern that Israel has been released … There was a greater sense of insecurity.” He said.

“Iran’s nuclear program’s loose ends and other activities in the region to deal with the loose ends of the nuclear program,” he warned.