Has Donald Trump Really Left Biden 'A More Stable' Middle East?

Published November 26th, 2020 - 08:16 GMT
U.S. President Donald Trump brandishes a sword during a welcome ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017 /AFP
U.S. President Donald Trump brandishes a sword during a welcome ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017 /AFP
After four years of a Trump presidency, how secure a Middle East will Joe Biden inherit? It certainly won’t be the same region that Obama left Trump, but will it be safer and more prosperous? A recent article in Foreign Policy by Ray Takeyh from the Council of Foreign Relations argues that Donald Trump will leave Joe Biden the gift of a more stable Middle East. “In the end,” Takeyh writes, “Trump will hand President-elect Joe Biden a region that is more stable than it was four years a

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