President Donald Trump's recent Middle East tour garnered attention due to significant business deals with Saudi Arabia, raising ethical questions connected to Trump’s family enterprises. During his address, Trump neglected to address critical issues like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, instead favoring a vague push for a calmer relationship with Iran. He pointedly criticized U.S. neoconservatives, associating them with past Middle East failures. Notably, he announced an end to U.S. sanctions against Syria to facilitate a transition from Assad's regime, marking a potential shift in U.S. foreign policy in the region.
During an hour-long address to Arab leaders in the Saudi capital, Trump seemed to skirt some of the region's entrenched political challenges. He barely mentioned Israel and the unresolved plight of the Palestinians, and spoke airily of finding a new peaceful status quo with Iran.
Perhaps the most newsworthy development was Trump's declaration that long-standing U.S. sanctions on Syria would be dropped to help strengthen the Syrian transition away from the dictatorship of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
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