Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour as death toll in Gaza rises

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

86% : " ___ Trump says he's had an "incredible" trip to the Middle East but that "now it's time to go back home."
66% : "This is the highest quality oil there is on the planet," Trump told those watching.
62% : Trump entered and listened to a presentation from Sultan al-Jaber, the head of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., as well as officials from Exxon Mobil Corp. and Occidental, two oil firms.
62% : Al-Jaber then presented Trump a memento that included a drop of oil in it.
62% : Trump has encouraged other countries in the region to join the Abraham Accords and recognize Israel, as the UAE did in 2020.
61% : Trump was due to address a business conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday, the last day of his Mideast trip that's also taken him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which booked a major Boeing order for its long-haul carrier, Qatar Airways.
60% : The visit to the white-marble place of worship on the shores of the Persian Gulf is set to conclude Trump's first major foreign trip of his second term. ___ "I think it's time for us to just do it," Trump told reporters in Abu Dhabi.
58% : "I hope the Supreme Court doesn't fall for the games they play," Trump added.
57% : From the Camp David Treaty with Egypt to the Abraham Accords brokered by Trump in his first term, Arab states seeking U.S. favor usually had to first make nice with Israel.
57% : But on Wednesday, to Israel's dismay, Saudi Arabia and Turkey brokered a historic meeting between Trump and Syria's new president, and Trump portrayed his decision to lift sanctions on Damascus as a favor to his host, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ▶ Read more about Israel and the Middle East During a recent concert in Manchester, England, Springsteen said the United States was "currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.
56% : " Trump is the 47th president.
55% : "As a result of that meeting with President Zelensky, under discussion with President Trump, we are now closely aligning and coordinating our responses and will continue to do so," he said, as European leaders held a summit in Albania.
55% : "I'm just thinking we have a president of the United States doing the selling," Trump said to business leaders as they walked him through a presentation on investments that are benefitting the American economy.
54% : Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi's ruler and the leader of the United Arab Emirates, met Trump at the airport.
54% : The agreement -- which Trump has encouraged other Middle Eastern and North African countries to join -- saw the UAE recognize Israel.
51% : Trump will then tour the Abrahamic Family House, a complex that houses a church, mosque and synagogue and is a symbol of interfaith tolerance.
49% : " At least 93 people were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza on Friday, as President Trump wrapped up his regional trip.
48% : The official was not authorized to brief media on the meeting and so spoke on condition of anonymity. ___ At an event to highlight business partnerships between the UAE and US companies, Trump gave himself a big pat on the back.
46% : Trump has done his best to prevent that - mentioning Biden's name an average of six times a day during his first 100 days in office, according to an NBC News analysis - and Republicans have followed his lead, betting that voters frustrated by Trump's policy moves will still prefer him over memories of an unpopular presidency.
45% : Trump added that a meeting with Putin would happen "as soon as we can set it up." " I would actually leave here and go," said Trump, who noted his daughter Tiffany just gave birth to her first child.
44% : "They have a proposal," Trump said.
43% : ▶ For more on the story A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
43% : Trump later will visit the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.
42% : Speaking to reporters at a business forum in Abu Dhabi on the final day of his trip to the Middle East, Trump said he was looking to resolve a range of global crises.
40% : The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel. ___ Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One before take off, the president said the U.S. has given Iran a proposed agreement.
38% : Five GOP conservatives voted against it, demanding further cuts to Medicaid, green energy tax breaks and other changes.
37% : "Missing this historic opportunity for a deal to bring the hostages home would be a resounding failure that will be remembered in infamy forever. ___ Trump is wrapping up his four-day visit to the Middle East, but he's keeping a close eye on what's going on back in Washington.
35% : Trump also said goodbye to other officials.
34% : As President Trump jetted from one sprawling palace to another, embracing Arab leaders and heralding a new Middle East this week, many in Israel worried that the best partner they've ever had in the White House had lost interest.
34% : " ___ Hostage families called on their government Friday to work with President Trump to release those still held in Gaza.
34% : The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel.
33% : Trump reiterated that he wasn't surprised that Putin skipped a U.S. orchestrated meeting in Turkey between Ukrainian and Russian officials.
31% : " "Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
31% : Trump didn't say what should happen next with Comey, saying "I don't want to take a position on it" and the matter was up to his staff.
30% : Then we'll all see how it goes for him!" Trump also targeted Swift, seemingly unprompted.
30% : He said the decision with Trump was also agreed on with the leaders of France, Germany and Poland. ▶ Read more about the European summit in Albania Speaking to Bret Baeir during his Middle East trip, Trump criticized the former FBI director for posting a picture of shells that said "86 47." "He knew exactly what that meant," Trump said, according to interview excerpts released Friday.
28% : Trump departed Abu Dhabi after his visit to the Abrahamic Family House .
27% : The widespread attacks across come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel.
27% : There were widespread attacks in northern Gaza Friday as Trump was finishing his visit to Gulf States but not Israel.
24% : Trump made his name by playing a demanding boss on "The Apprentice," and he still likes to give his staff a hard time.
24% : Putin didn't want to go because he's not there, Trump said.
23% : Trump originally attacked Swift shortly after she endorsed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in last year's presidential election.
23% : "We just had a meeting with President Zelensky and then a phone call with President Trump to discuss the developments in the negotiations today, and the Russian position is clearly unacceptable," Starmer told reporters.
6% : A new book that alleges White House aides covered up Biden's physical and mental decline has put the questions about Biden's health back in the spotlight, months after former Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Trump.

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