All Eyes in Mideast Focus on President Trump’s Statements and Expected Moves

In reality, though, guessing the president’s policies or his biases or motives is a loser’s game.

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President Trump speaks in the Capitol's Emancipation Hall after his inauguration, January 20, 2025. Al Drago/pool via AP

President Trump’s Mideast policy will be tested immediately and, as with other parts of the world, his next moves are anybody’s guess. It is clear, though, with unqualified support of Israel being expressed by the new state secretary, Marco Rubio, and with some puzzling remarks being made by Mr. Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, that the region is furiously parsing the president’s statements. 

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