Whether we like it or not, President Donald Trump has remained invested in the Middle East/West Asia during both his terms. In fact, in his first term, one of the major success stories was bringing about diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and some Arab countries like the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan; however, the one-and-a-half-year-old Israel-Hamas war did have an impact on this, but the chance for future development remains.
Last time also he started off with the very first visit to Saudi Arabia, and this time as well his target is to bring about formal diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, for which he enforced a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war before he entered the White House the second time. His Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has been consistently working on the extension of the ceasefire in the Middle East.
President Trump’s googly of taking over Gaza energised the Arabs led by Saudi Arabia, who, while pro forma condemning the insensitive intent, took a clear line of commitment against the displacement of Gazans and its reconstruction with $53 billion, which is close to the UN estimates of $50 billion. West Asia surprises with an unimpeded frequency, and so does Trump.
One of the key disruptions, in keeping with his first-term pre-election rhetoric, was to junk the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, which he did with great alacrity—ironically allowing the Iranians to go back on the enrichment levels and creating more worries for the Israelis whose strategic nuclear edge he wished to protect.
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