Trump Travels to the Middle East
What to expect from the president’s first major foreign trip of his second term
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President Donald Trump is about to begin the first major foreign trip of his second term, traveling next week to Saudi Arabia, while also making stops in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, nations that play a key role in mediating conflicts in the region. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss.
Trump’s Middle East visit comes at a crucial time, as America’s role and influence in the world under his leadership are being tested by the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, the Israeli government’s controversial moves in Gaza, and the war in Ukraine.
Joining the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, are Susan Glasser, a staff writer atThe New Yorker; Asma Khalid, a White House correspondent at NPR and a political contributor for ABC News; David Sanger, the White House and national-security correspondent at The New York Times; and Nancy Youssef, a national-security correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.
Watch the full episode here.
