{"id":25791,"date":"2025-05-14T21:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-pledge-to-the-middle-east-no-more-lectures-on-how-to-live\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:58:39","slug":"trumps-pledge-to-the-middle-east-no-more-lectures-on-how-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-pledge-to-the-middle-east-no-more-lectures-on-how-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Pledge to the Middle East: No More \u2018Lectures on How to Live\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When President Trump declared from the stage of an opulent ballroom in Saudi Arabia that the United States was done nation-building and intervening, that the world\u2019s superpower would no longer be \u201cgiving you lectures on how to live,\u201d his audience erupted in applause.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was effectively denouncing decades of American policy in the Middle East, playing to grievances long aired in cafes and sitting rooms from Morocco to Oman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn the end, the so-called nation builders wrecked far more nations than they built,\u201d Mr. Trump said on Tuesday, during a sweeping address at an investment conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. \u201cAnd the interventionalists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He urged the people of the region to chart \u201cyour own destinies in your own way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Reactions to his speech spread swiftly on mobile phone screens in a Middle East where the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan \u2014 and more recently, U.S. support for Israel as it intensifies its war in Gaza, which is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/13\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-famine-starvation-israel.html\" title=\"\">on the brink of starvation<\/a> \u2014 are ingrained in public consciousness and criticized by monarchists and dissidents alike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sultan Alamer, a<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>Saudi academic, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sultaan_1\/status\/1922373931031228421\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">joked<\/a> that Mr. Trump\u2019s remarks sounded like they came from Frantz Fanon, a 20th century Marxist thinker who wrote about the dynamics of colonial oppression. Syrians posted celebratory memes when Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/14\/world\/middleeast\/trump-syria-sanctions-us.html\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> that he would end American sanctions on their war-ravaged country \u201cin order to give them a chance at greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And in Yemen \u2014 another country mired in war and subject to American sanctions \u2014 Abdullatif Mohammed implied agreement with Mr. Trump\u2019s notion of sovereignty, even as he expressed frustration with U.S. intervention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen will countries recognize us and let us live like the rest of the world?\u201d Mr. Mohammed, a 31-year-old restaurant manager in the capital, Sana, said when asked about the speech. American airstrikes pounded his city under both former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Mr. Trump, targeting the Iran-backed Houthi militia, until Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-houthis-bombing.html\" title=\"\">abruptly declared a cease-fire<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWho is Trump to grant pardons, lift sanctions on a country, or impose them?\u201d Mr. Mohammed said. \u201cBut that\u2019s how the world works.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s remarks came at the start of a four-day jaunt through three wealthy Gulf Arab states: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He was focused in large part on business deals, including more than <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/12\/world\/middleeast\/trump-saudi-arabia-investment.html\" title=\"\">$1 trillion in investment<\/a> in the United States pledged by the three Gulf governments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But his address in Riyadh made clear that he had broader diplomatic ambitions for his trip. He expressed a \u201cfervent wish\u201d that Saudi Arabia follow two neighbors, the Emirates and Bahrain, to recognize the state of Israel. (Saudi officials have said that will happen only after the establishment of a Palestinian state.) He said he had a keen desire to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, adding that he \u201cnever believed in having permanent enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And on Wednesday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/14\/world\/middleeast\/trump-syria-president-al-shara-sanctions.html\" title=\"\">he met<\/a> the new leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara \u2014 a former jihadist who led a rebel alliance that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/21\/world\/middleeast\/assad-regime-syria-final-days.html\" title=\"\">ousted the brutal strongman Bashar al-Assad<\/a>. Mr. Trump posed for a photograph with Mr. al-Shara and the Saudi crown prince in an image that dropped jaws in the region and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDude, what happened is truly unbelievable,\u201d said Mr. Mohammed, the Yemeni restaurant manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s address was a sometimes-rambling speech that lasted more than 40 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, he neglected to mention that he has said before that \u201cIslam hates us\u201d and that the Quran teaches \u201csome very negative vibe.\u201d Instead, he praised the kingdom\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His friendliness in front of the Saudi crowd stood in contrast to Mr. Biden\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/17\/middleeast\/saudi-biden-mbs-robertson-intl\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chillier<\/a> approach to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto Saudi ruler who directed a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2018\/10\/31\/magazine\/yemen-war-saudi-arabia.html\" title=\"\">yearslong bombing campaign<\/a> in Yemen and has overseen a widespread <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/21\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-dissent-crackdown.html\" title=\"\">crackdown on dissent<\/a>. When Mr. Biden visited Saudi Arabia, he said that he told the crown prince he believed he was responsible for the 2018 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/jamal-khashoggi-killing-cia-report.html\" title=\"\">killing<\/a> and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist critical of the royal family\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump instead heaped plaudits on the Arabian Peninsula and Prince Mohammed, calling him an \u201cincredible man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn recent years, far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it\u2019s our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use U.S. policy to dispense justice for their sins,\u201d Mr. Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His remarks left some Arab listeners worried about what the potential evaporation of American pressure over human rights violations could mean for their countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ibrahim Almadi is the son of a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-us-frees-saad-almadi.html\" title=\"\">75-year-old American-Saudi dual national<\/a> who was arrested in the kingdom over critical social media posts; his father was released but is not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia. In an interview, Mr. Almadi said he had hoped Mr. Trump would speak to Saudi officials about his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/saudi-arabia-exit-ban-us-citizenship-792dbba3a851624a83f927d80e557d5e\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">father\u2019s case<\/a> during his visit \u2014 and that he had tried without success to reach out to officials across his administration. He sees it as the type of human rights violation that previous U.S. administrations would have pressed Saudi officials on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey are normalizing my dad\u2019s case, which is not normal,\u201d he said of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The White House did not immediately comment on the responses to the president\u2019s address or whether the president or his aides had raised any human rights issues, including Mr. Almadi\u2019s case, with Saudi officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Abdullah Alaoudh, a member of a Saudi opposition party in exile and the son of a prominent cleric imprisoned in the kingdom, called the speech a public relations stunt for the benefit of Prince Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added that he found it ironic that Mr. Trump was praising a Middle East built \u201cby the people of the region\u201d when he was speaking to an audience dotted with foreign billionaires and \u201cin front of an authoritarian leader who has brutally silenced all dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the ballroom in Riyadh, Mr. Trump received a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe president\u2019s speech was actually quite consequential,\u201d Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said at a news conference on Wednesday, describing it as an \u201capproach of partnership, of mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Alamer, a senior resident fellow at the New Lines Institute, a Washington research group, said in an interview that the president\u2019s words reflected themes \u201cthat are normally associated with leftist and anti-imperialist intellectuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhile this is surprising in the sense that we, as Arabs, used to be the subject of American lecturing and interventionism, it is also not surprising when we consider that new right-wing populist movements \u2014 both in the Gulf and the U.S. \u2014 have borrowed some of this rhetoric from leftists and socialists and repurposed it to advance a conservative worldview,\u201d said Mr. Alamer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Negad el-Boraie, a prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer, said he was reluctant to read much into Mr. Trump\u2019s speech, given that he was in Saudi Arabia primarily to talk about investments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But for Mr. el-Boraie, Mr. Trump was merely being honest about what U.S. presidents had always really cared about \u2014 American interests \u2014 regardless of how much previous presidents draped their agendas in comments about human rights and democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe U.S. prioritizes its own interests,\u201d he said. 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