Trump’s Cozy Relationship With Arab Leaders Has Plenty of Skeptics
- Many see Trump’s Saudi comments as rhetoric, not sincere
- Trump sought to recailibrate often frosty U.S. ties with Arabs
QuickTake: The Middle East Peace Process
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The grins, deals and platitudes flowed as freely as the ceremonial coffee as U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Arab leaders gathered under chandeliers in the Saudi capital.
Yet the two-day effort to recast his administration’s ties with the Muslim world sounded starkly different in homes across the Middle East, where there’s deep distrust of U.S. intentions and entrenched cynicism over autocratic local leaders who often fail to deliver on heady promises.