Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ Vision Is A Desert Mirage

Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. Photo Courtesy: White House
Trump was seemingly determined during his recently concluded visit to bring new vigour to the dragging war on jihadism and the West’s unsettling relationship with Iran by offering a different tact: Unite with Washington behind a common mission to eradicate a barbaric strand of Islamist extremism and, in return, Uncle Sam will mind his own business when it comes to the region’s domestic affairs.