Trump reshapes US foreign policy with wildly successful, business-first Middle East trip

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Adding to the shock and awe, Trump expanded the roster of his national security team for this away game.
69% : So, it gives them a good, strong chance," Trump told leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh.
61% : As we saw over and over again, Trump believes international relations work best when they consist of sharp-elbowed business deals.
61% : "At the end of the day, President Trump is a businessman," UAE Foreign Trade Minister Dr. Al Zeyoudi commented to Gulf News on Friday.
57% : When countries are busy trading, launching construction projects, developing AI, etc., then ideology and military confrontation diminish and tolerance thrives.
54% : Trump has made AI leadership a priority for U.S. foreign policy.
52% : Forty years later, as a second-term president, Trump has swept away tenets that drove American foreign policy for the last hundred years.
51% : Of course, Trump is keeping U.S. aircraft carriers, bombers and more pointed straight at Iran.
50% : Dump the weapons program and "nuclear dust" as Trump calls it and reap the economic benefits.
47% : Trump is putting businessmen on the field to run plays that boost the U.S. and knock back China.
47% : Trump raked in over $2 trillion in investment pledges from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.
44% : TRUMP WRAPS MOMENTOUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP WITH ECONOMIC DEALS, SYRIA SANCTIONS RELIEF AND WARNING TO IRAN Way back in 1987, when the U.S. Navy was protecting oil tankers from Iran, Trump spent $95,000 on a full-page ad in the New York Times to tell America to stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves.
44% : And Putin is writhing over the loss of Russian bases in Syria, which his Wagner Group cronies used to support military operations in Africa. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Foreign leaders know what they are getting with Trump, and it works for them.
42% : They should pay for it," Trump said to Larry King on CNN on Sep. 2, 1987.
42% : The secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury and Commerce were joined by businessmen: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp and others.
40% : "Iran can have a much brighter future," Trump said in Riyadh.
37% : Al-Sharaa is a radical-turned opportunist, and by lifting sanctions, Trump is calculating that a better Syrian economy will be stabilizing.
23% : Every move made by Trump in the Middle East is a tactical loss for China and Russia.

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