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Did President Donald Trump Really Snub Israel?
He’ll say he didn’t but he did, and it’s a good thing.
As many have probably heard by now, President Donald Trump has been on a little mini trip around the middle East. It’s unsurprisingly garnered quite a bit of attention, considering one of the countries he’s visiting-Quatar-literally is in the middle of trying to gift him a private jet.
Out of the kindness of their hearts, right?
All that being said, there’s one country in the region it’s admittedly a little bit surprising has been left off the list. Israel, of course.
Katherine Doyle, Peter Alexander, and Carol E. Lee with NBC News write:
“…But one omission on the trip became more glaring with each stop: Israel…
…By the end of the trip on Friday, Trump seemed to put further strain on the relationship. He had spent the past few days meeting with Syria’s new leader — a former Al Qaeda leader the U.S. had put a $10 million bounty on — and announced he was lifting sanctions on the country in a move Israel opposed but which Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia had urged the president to take.
During the trip, Trump also leaned into the notion that a deal with Iran was within striking distance, without putting forward…
