Live updatesTrump departs UAE, wrapping up Mideast trip focused on deals, investments
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In Mideast, Trump cast himself as U.S. pitchman. What did he sell?
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — After a whirlwind tour across Persian Gulf monarchies, President Donald Trump has discovered a new tool in his arsenal: the power of love.
The president reveled in the spectacle of wealth and power over four frenzied days of dealmaking this week, casting aside old cautions about the conflicted interests of regional leaders in favor of the promise of enriching the United States with investments both real and aspirational.
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House committee plans vote on spending bill to advance Trump’s agenda
While President Donald Trump has been abroad, House Republicans have been poring all week over reams of their catchall tax and federal spending legislation that would advance his agenda. Now, they have to put it all together into one bill.
Trump says he spoke to Syrian interim president about journalist Austin Tice
President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that in his meeting this week with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, he raised the topic of journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012.
“I always talk about Austin Tice,” Trump said. “Now, Austin Tice hasn’t been seen in many, many years. You know that he’s got a great mother who’s just working so hard to find her boy. So I understand it. Austin has not been seen in many, many years.”
Column: In Middle East, Trump marginalizes Israel without helping Gaza
As President Donald Trump’s Middle East sojourn drew to a close, a much-vaunted “grand bargain” bringing peace to a restive region was nowhere in sight.
Instead, there were many little ones. Trump will emerge from his tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — three energy-rich Arab monarchies with deep influence in Washington — touting a string of trade and investment deals secured with his prodding.
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Trump defends decision granting refugee status to White South Africans
President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters Friday, defended his decision to grant refugee status to White South Africans under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide.
“Well, I think if I see people in distress, I don’t care what color, what they look like, what anything — their size, their height, their eyes. I don’t care,” he said before departing the United Arab Emirates.
While speaking to reporters before departing the United Arab Emirates, President Donald Trump continued to express hope of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.
“We have to meet,” he said. “He and I will meet. I think we’ll solve it. Or maybe not. But at least we’ll know. And if we don’t solve it, it will be very interesting.”
Trump questions whether Israel can get more hostages out of Gaza
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump spoke to reporters just after boarding Air Force One, questioning whether Israel can get more hostages out of Gaza, saying more help should be provided to Palestinians and disclosing that a formal proposal has been provided to Iran.
Russia-Ukraine talks begin; Trump says he wants to meet Putin soon
Direct Russia-Ukraine talks have just started at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul — the first direct talks between the two sides in three years. Earlier, the Ukrainian team had a roughly one-hour meeting with Turkish officials and the U.S. delegation, the latter led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg.
Trump visits second mosque in two days at Abrahamic Family House
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump’s final stop of his trip was to the Abrahamic Family House, a cultural site symbolizing peace and cooperation that includes a church, a mosque and a temple.
He walked up the aisle of St. Francis Catholic Church Baptistry. He went by the pews of Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue. And he entered Eminence Ahmed El-Tayeb Mosque, where women wore head coverings.
Israel ramps up strikes in Gaza as Trump tours Middle East
BEIRUT — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed more than 100 people Thursday, the enclave’s civil defense force said, the latest in a string of deadly bombardments that have escalated this week as President Donald Trump sidesteps Israel on his multi-stop tour of the Middle East.
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Trump wants to meet Putin ‘as soon as we can set it up’
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump lamented that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not end up going to Turkey for negotiations with Ukraine, but said that he wanted to meet the Russian leader “as soon as we can set it up.”
President Donald Trump, wrapping up his Mideast trip, says his daughter Tiffany had a baby: “It’s been a tremendous time. Now it’s time to go back home. My daughter had a baby. I’m going to go back home and see that little baby. And then we get back to a lot of work.”
Trump touts business investments, offers endorsements in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump began the last day of his foreign trip with a business event, touting various partnerships with companies here and investments being made in the United States in health care, aviation and energy.
“I’m just thinking we have a president of the United States doing the selling,” he said. “You think Biden would be doing this, I don’t think so. But it’s so important. I have to be a cheerleader for our country.”
With Trump’s trip, Persian Gulf states take center stage in AI boom
Amid a flurry of dealmaking and fanfare on President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip this week, one theme was clear: The Persian Gulf states have cemented their role as key players in the artificial intelligence boom.
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Trump’s trip is scheduled to end Friday, but he’s left open possibility of another stop
ABU DHABI – President Donald Trump has a few events here on Friday morning before concluding his five-day, three-country foreign trip.
“The last four days have been really amazing,” he said on Thursday night.
After a business roundtable, he is expected to tour the Abrahamic Family House, a cultural site symbolizing peace and cooperation that includes a church, mosque, and temple.
Analysis: In Middle East, Trump marginalizes Israel without helping Gaza
As President Donald Trump’s Middle East sojourn drew to a close, a much-vaunted “grand bargain” bringing peace to a restive region was nowhere in sight. Instead, there were many little ones. Trump will emerge from his tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — three energy-rich Arab monarchies with deep influence in Washington — touting a string of trade and investment deals secured with his prodding. Lucrative agreements for U.S. weaponry, planes and AI chips were forged, while in multiple speeches Trump gushed over the success of these wealthy states ruled by absolutist royals.
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Trump’s Middle East trip reveals sometimes contradictory foreign policy approach
AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — President Donald Trump expressed renewed optimism Thursday about curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He declared that he wanted to make Gaza into a “freedom zone” as well as bolster the Syrian government. And he held out the possibility that he could travel to Turkey to try to secure a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.
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Comey under investigation for ‘86 47’ social media post, Trump team says
James B. Comey, the former director of the FBI, is under investigation over an image he posted on Instagram of seashells arranged to read “86 47,” which the Trump administration said it views as a threat against the president.
Comey, whom President Donald Trump fired during his first term in office, deleted the post and denied it was intended to communicate a violent message.
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