He Donald Trump’s four -day trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates has the potential to have been much more transcendental of what the previous indications of the White House itself allowed to intuit. The Republican has managed to return with the desired and expected economic and investment agreements With the three Gulf monarchies worth hundreds of billions of dollars but, in addition, it has announced important actions such as the Syrian sanctions.
There and in other aspects the visit has left numerous signals that point to a Apparent new foreign policy doctrine For the region, one in which Trump combines his transactional philosophy with alliances that do not necessarily have to be governed by parameters of the past, including maintaining More distance than usual with Israel. And although in that doctrine the human rights and democracy remain in the backgroundwith applause and more approach to Strong leaders who to peoplesTrump has wielded a non -interventional policy that has traditionally been identified with Washington.
Syria and Iran and fears in Israel
The first big surprise Trump was given on Tuesday when, in a speech in Riad, the Syrian sanctions. A day later, before leaving Qatar, he met with Syrian prime minister, Ahmed al-Shara, a man whose head USA until recently 10 million dollars.
In that intervention in Riad Trump he also gave the first of several messages about Iran They find how their position has changed with respect to its first mandate, when it unilaterally broke the nuclear agreement gestated by Barack Obama and impose sanctions on Tehran again. With open conversations since April 12, and despite maintaining the threat of forceful military actions to avoid having a nuclear weapon, Trump shows a renewed optimism in the face of his ability to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions and for the moment he opts for diplomacy. “I think we approach to make an agreement “he said Thursday, suggesting that Iran “has agreed in some ways” of negotiation proposed by the US.
The approach to Syria and diplomacy with Iran are uncomfortable steps for Israel, A country that Trump has not visited on this trip. And although Binyamine Netanyahu He has tried to interfere, recruiting attacks on Gaza during the stay in the Trump region, the Republican is showing a capacity or will to distancing unusual Israel in Washington.
Before arriving at the Persian Gulf, for example, Trump agreed to Truce with the hutis in Yemen. USA too He negotiated directly with Hamas the release of the last American hostage Live of October 7, conversations that Israel learned through espionage. And on his trip he has had the opportunity to speak privately with Cataríes and Saudis about how to deal with the crisis in Gaza.
As much as in the Air Force One between Saudi Arabia and Qatar Trump defended that “it is good for Israel” that has a relationship like the one it maintains with the Gulf countries, the nervousness is palpated in Tel Aviv.
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Economic agreements, China and own benefit
The trip has had the important expected economic axis. The Purchasing agreements specially outstanding in defense But also investments of the Arab monarchies in other US companies that allow Trump to project successful image nationwide. There have also been, pacts of sale of advanced processors and artificial intelligence, and although in the US there are reluctance of some due to the possibility that they can end up in the hands of Chinathe position of the administration is that they can help Franse Beijing’s influence in the region.
Trump, in addition, It has been entertaining, and entertainment and pomp have not lacked by their hosts. And these have proven to know how to impress their wealth to the American, which has not only been undone in political compliments towards princes and emirs but can benefit from private economic agreements, through their cryptocurrencies or even with the controversial luxury booeing that Qatar offers you as a gift to use as Air Force One.
Applause
There is a combination of personal and political motivations They are difficult to discern but, even among those who question them, Trump has achieved impress On this trip. Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA, applauded in CNN the step taken with Syria and in statements to ‘axios’ several Veterans in foreign policy Democrats They declared themselves too impressed.
“He has the ability to do politically things that previous presidents could not because he It has total authority about the Republican Caucus”, Said Ned Price to the news portal.“ It is difficult not to be terrified of the damage that it can cause with such power already admired of its willingness to shake so many harmful taboos ”added another high position of three Democratic administrations, Rob Malley. AND Ben Rhodes, Obama National Security Advisor, He assured that Biden should have taken the step with Syria that Trump has given, he also applauded him. “It is not tied to constant fear of attacks of bad faith of the right or stupidities of the type ‘establishment’ type As ‘we do not do this, we must take advantage of the sanctions for blah blah blah.’ No! Sometimes you just have to try something different, ”he said.
Non-intervention
In the speech Trump gave on Tuesday in Riyadh and other interventions that some have seen on this trip they have seen Echoes of the speech that Obama offered in Cairo in 2009. Then the Democrat wanted to mark a “new principle between the US and Muslims based on mutual interest and respect”, something that failed to complete.
Now Trump has left similar messages. “Before our eyes there is a new generation of leaders that exceeds the old conflicts and tired divisions of the past and forges a future where The Middle East is defined by commercenot for chaos; where exports technology, no terrorismand where people from different nations, religions and creeds build together cities, do not bombard each other until extinction, ”he said in his pink portrait of dictatorships
“I have never believed to have permanent enemies ”Trump also said these days, which he has also presumed that he can “fix anything.” And although in the great military base of the US in Qatar this Thursday he has remembered that he is willing to use force (“as president my priority is to end conflicts, not to start them, but I will never hesitate to use American power if necessary To defend USA ”), he has left a wake of non -interventionism.”We are not going to give lessons of how to live“Said Tuesday.” In the end, the so -called nations builders destroyed many more nations than YLThe interventionists intervened in Complex Society that they do not even understand. ”
