Have you been seeing the pictures of Trump on the tarmac being greeted by various royals?
Yeah.
I wonder if you read it this way.
He seems very relaxed.
He is very relaxed.
He's home.
Yeah.
He's come home.
This is like outside the U.S.
This is his favorite place.
I'm Hannah Rosen.
This is Radio Atlantic.
And that is Hussein Ibbish.
I'm Hussein Ibish, and I'm a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute,
and I write for many publications, especially The Atlantic.
This week, we're watching the president's visit to the Gulf states,
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
The pictures that we're referring to show Trump at the airport tarmac in Saudi Arabia being greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a royal welcome.
Lavender carpets, golden swords, Arabian horses, and Trump is smiling through all of it.
This is a stark contrast to a few years ago when MBS,