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How Trump is upending US strategy in the Middle East

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Ralph Martin
May 16, 2025

US President Donald Trump has made what he calls the biggest defense sales agreement in history: a $142-billion military deal with Saudi Arabia. This comes after decades when Israel was the US priority in the Middle East.

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