Tag: Middle East

The president's admonishment of Iran received a warm welcome in Israel, where opposition to the nuclear deal strained U.S. relations for several years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump embraces traditional Middle East allies, breaks with Obama on trip

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2017 7:19 pm

The message written in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum guestbook by President Trump and his wife Melania, in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Debbie Hill, UPI Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Fake outrage over Trump’s Holocaust memorial note at Yad Vashem ignores how Obama imperiled living Jews

Philip Klein · May 23, 2017 5:45 pm

President Trump said Tuesday he is "trying hard for peace" in the Middle East after traveling to Israel and Saudi Arabia. (Debbie Hill, Pool via AP)

National Security

Trump: I’m ‘trying hard for peace’ in the Middle East

Alex Pappas · May 23, 2017 4:13 pm

Obama's greatest legacy in the Middle East is the sheer hatred which he engenders among traditional U.S. allies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is winning over US allies in the Middle East simply by not being Obama

Michael Rubin · May 22, 2017 9:26 pm

On Terror, Trump’s Got the Words Right. But What About Policy?

TWS Podcast · May 22, 2017 9:00 pm

Both Trump and Netanyahu decried Iran's activities throughout the Middle East and promised to collaborate on their efforts to contain the country. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump: Israeli-Palestinian peace ‘one of the toughest deals of all’

Sarah Bedford · May 22, 2017 5:43 pm

The results of Iran's undemocratic presidential election are in no way a representation of the true will of its people. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Iran presidential election: Rouhani’s re-election only ensures long-term internal conflict

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2017 4:41 pm

President Trump's meetings with Muslim leaders show that he doesn't care about what their faith is, so long as they want to defeat the ultimate evil of terrorism. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Saudi Arabia speech should give hope to American Muslims

Siraj Hashmi · May 22, 2017 1:31 pm

President Trump insisted Monday that Iran must "never, ever" come close to acquiring nuclear weapons, and called on Israel to join the U.S. in resisting a nuclear Iran. (Atef Safadi, EPA Pool via AP)

National Security

Trump in Israel: Iran can ‘never, ever’ have nuclear weapons

Sarah Bedford · May 22, 2017 12:54 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross noted Monday that "there was not a single hint of a protester anywhere there during the whole time we were there." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Wilbur Ross: ‘Not a single hint of a protester’ in Saudi Arabia

Melissa Quinn · May 22, 2017 12:48 pm

The White House said Monday that President Trump's first visit to Israel as president was already helping to heal the divisions created by eight years of President Obama. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

White House: ‘Look at the smiles’ as Israel shakes off eight years of Obama

Pete Kasperowicz · May 22, 2017 12:20 pm

"There's a great feeling for peace throughout the Middle East," President Trump said in remarks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. "I think people have just had enough." (Atef Safadi, EPA Pool via AP)

Trump on Middle East violence: ‘People have just had enough’

Sarah Bedford · May 22, 2017 12:05 pm