Glad to see Trump’s field trip to the Middle East has its share of joint speeches with a variety of VIPs. Hopeful his persona of “Hi, I’m clueless, touchy, strange, unafraid to destroy my own country and trigger-happy” (see: leadership of North Korea and other state and non-state leaders) will help in Middle East peace process for a time. If he’s going to get some kind of win under his belt, that’d be a good start. I joked about the glowing orb thing – hard not to – but even during the campaign the Saudi criticisms rang hallow as the relationship between the USA and Saudi Arabia is decades long and required for a stable dollar, so this about-face is rather a positive sign that perhaps he’s taking typical everyday Presidential duties seriously finally. One can only hope.

Glad to see Trump’s field trip to the Middle East has its share of joint speeches with a variety of VIPs. Hopeful his persona of “Hi, I’m clueless, touchy, strange, unafraid to destroy my own country and trigger-happy” (see: leadership of North Korea and other state and non-state leaders) will help in Middle East peace process for a time. If he’s going to get some kind of win under his belt, that’d be a good start.

I joked about the glowing orb thing – hard not to – but even during the campaign the Saudi criticisms rang hallow as the relationship between the USA and Saudi Arabia is decades long and required for a stable dollar, so this about-face is rather a positive sign that perhaps he’s taking typical everyday Presidential duties seriously finally.

One can only hope.