Collapse of the President's Middle East Approach
On Friday, Saudi Arabia rejected President Trump’s pressure to normalize relations with Israel by publicly signing a defense past with Pakistan and Turkey.
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A non-partisan look at two central issues facing America today, (1) our domestic middle class and (2) our foreign alliances.
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