Donald Trump’s upcoming Middle East trip begins on Tuesday, to include stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, but not Israel, as differences grow over nuclear talks with Tehran, Gaza war - Anadolu Ajansı

President Donald Trump embarks Monday on the first major international trip of his second term – an opportunity to shore up relations with a trio of key Middle Eastern allies and prove his might as a dealmaker on the world stage.

Netanyahu was blindsided — and infuriated — this past week by Trump’s announcement that the U.S. was halting its military campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen after the Houthis agreed to stop firing on U.S. ships in the Red Sea, according to one of the U.S. officials and the two Middle East diplomats.