This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Le Monde
The American president must go to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, where the promises of investments and sensitive files are waiting for him, such as Iranian nuclear or the war in Gaza, but also a possible conflict of interest with an aircraft worth $ 400 million, Qatar’s gift.
Do business, not war. Donald Trump’s ambition can be summed up in this time, at the time of his first tour abroad since his inauguration, in January.
The American president, who dreams of being both a peacemaker and by loving investments, embarked on the Air Force One on Monday, May 12, in the direction of the Middle East. He must go to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In an explosive mixture of economic promises, security questions and family interests, Donald Trump will speak a language that suits him: that of the transaction. Each of these countries undertakes to consent hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in the United States, considerable figures whose reality will have to be checked over the years.
For the time being, a subject has monopolized the attention of American media: the plane worth $ 400 million (360 million euros) that Qatar would commit to providing Donald Trump. Irritated by ethical questions about this extraordinary gift from Doha, the American president praised, on Monday, a “very beautiful gesture of Qatar”. He added: “I will never be one of those who would reject such an offer”
