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Mosby

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6. Egypt, Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to delusions about Trump

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 07:25 PM

Jan 2017

Middle East derangement syndrome: Egypt, Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to delusions about Trump

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It all seems rather strange given how Trump rode to power, winking at Islamophobes as well as anti-Semites and otherwise appealing to isolationists. If there was any sign during the long campaign about Trump’s approach to the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy more generally, it was retrenchment. That is not good for Washington’s major regional allies, yet leaders in these countries seem willing to overlook this inconvenient fact in favor of a fantasy that Trump will be a better steward of their security and American interests than was Obama.

http://www.salon.com/2017/01/22/middle-east-derangement-syndrome-egypt-turkey-and-israel-have-all-fallen-prey-to-delusions-about-trump/

I think Trump is probably an isolationist, not sure he even cares about ISIS.

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Why the new US administration might not prove to be Israels best friend [View all] milestogo Jan 2017 OP

The US is not Israel's friend, states don't have friends. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #1

Actually, they do have ONE thing -- but it is a complete long shot karynnj Jan 2017 #2

I/P takes nuance, detail, patience and a healthy attention span. He lacks all of those. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #3

My point was that if getting that deal was a big enough win that he assigned career people karynnj Jan 2017 #4

Trump is already going to need the Arab states for defeating ISIS geek tragedy Jan 2017 #5

Egypt, Turkey and Israel have all fallen prey to delusions about Trump Mosby Jan 2017 #6