Is US President Trump ‘milking Gulf countries’ ?

US President Donald Trump is « milking Gulf countries » and exploiting tensions in the Heart East to bolster its arms sales.

That is in accordance with Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara, who modified into as soon as commenting rapidly after the US chief educated Saudi Arabia it wished to pay up if it wanted the US to continue its fight against the Islamic Inform of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) community in Syria.

Bishara talked about the US modified into as soon as acting like a « mercenary » and placing itself forward for the carrier of whoever modified into as soon as keen to pay highest. 

The US modified into as soon as moreover benefiting financially from both aspect of the ongoing Gulf disaster, he went on to add.

« Whereas on the one hand, the United States does opt Gulf cohesion below an American umbrella, I deem President Trump is having an real time exploiting this disaster, » Bishara talked about, referring to the disaster between a Saudi-led bloc and Qatar, which has considered both aspect impress lucrative arms deals with the US.

« Indubitably he’s milking the varied Gulf countries in a serious technique. I indicate it modified into as soon as embarrassing even for the Crown Prince [Mohammed bin Salman] the technique [Trump] introduced that impress announcing we are promoting you this unparalleled a total bunch of thousands and thousands, this unparalleled billions in arms whereas they were meeting in the White Home.

« For every doable carrier, he would request for cash in return.

« He’s accomplished that with the United Arab Emirates, with Qatar, with Saudi Arabia, with Kuwait and so on. »

Ostensibly now not lower than, Trump has spoken against US intervention in the Heart East and described is as each and each pricey and lethal in phrases of US lives lost.

Trump educated supporters at a rally in the deliver of Ohio that he wanted US troops out of Syria rapidly.

Whereas in the muse taking the Saudi aspect in its dispute with Qatar, Trump has since taken a more neutral plan.