Senior Analyst Sees Trump as Major Catastrophe to Arab States

Rasa - Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm newspaper, referred to US President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh, and said both his stay and stepping down from power will be catastrophic to the Arab states which have pinned hope on his assistance.

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Date: 29 May 2017 - 19:47

RNA - "The racist and adventurist Trump's presidency is a catastrophe for the Arabs and Muslims and when he leaves power, it will also be a bigger catastrophe for those who have pinned hope on him," Atwan wrote on Monday.

Noting that the US decision-making bodies don’t want Trump to remain in power even until Christmas, he said it is a very bad news for those who have spent hundreds of million dollars to satisfy a person whose own people want his resignation.

Atwan pointed to Trump's recent visit to Saudi Arabia and endorsement of a $110bln arms contract with Riyadh, and said after the trip, the US president underlined that the contract has created jobs for hundreds of thousands of Americans which is considered as an insult to his Arab hosts.

In relevant comments earlier this month, Atwan warned that Washington is using Saudi Arabia's wealth and petrodollars to implement its plots in the region.

"In such conditions, Saudi Arabia's wealth is at the service of a plot whose goal is securing Israel's stability in the next decades and fighting anyone who opposes this plan," Atwan wrote.

"Also, the Saudi money is being used to save the US economy and help Trump to act upon his promises during his presidential campaign on massive investment on the US infrastructures," he added.

Warning that the Saudi-US strategic view focuses on annihilation of any resistance groups against Israel, Atwan added that the reason for Riyadh's invitation to Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, who is an enemy of Hezbollah, and not Lebanese President Michel Aoun to the Arab leaders' meeting with Trump has been the same.

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