Gulf Leaders Still Love Trump
As the UAE’s crown prince visits Washington, the Emiratis are as excited as ever about the prospects for the new administration.
Donald Trump will greet the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Muhamed bin Zayed (colloquially known as MbZ), at the White House today. The UAE has quietly and quickly become one of America’s key allies in the greater Middle East, and the Trump administration appears to be accelerating the speed with which the two countries are growing closer.
The Emiratis, for their part, are as excited as ever by the promise of the Trump administration, even as other regional partners—namely the —have begun to worry about what a mercurial president who fancies himself a deal-maker might mean
