Can Trump’s ‘transactional’ diplomacy get more wins in the Middle East?

In one sense this transactional diplomacy is not entirely foreign to the nature of US foreign policy over the last two hundred years.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Bemidji Regional Airport in Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S., September 18, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Bemidji Regional Airport in Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S., September 18, 2020

(photo credit: REUTERS/TOM BRENNER)

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 19:43

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