Hussein Ibish

He is very relaxed. He's home. Yeah. He's come home. This is like outside the U.S. This is his favorite place.

He is very relaxed. He's home. Yeah. He's come home. This is like outside the U.S. This is his favorite place.

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 Hussein Ibish, and I'm a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, and I write for many publications, especially The Atlantic.

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.

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.

He lives in a world of patrons and clients. He lives in a world where Authority is not questionable. And that's very familiar. It's a very familiar space to especially the Saudi royals, but all of them. And he understands them and they understand him and he loves them and they love him. He can be himself, the unedited version. He doesn't have to check his instincts. He just go with it.

He lives in a world of patrons and clients. He lives in a world where Authority is not questionable. And that's very familiar. It's a very familiar space to especially the Saudi royals, but all of them. And he understands them and they understand him and he loves them and they love him. He can be himself, the unedited version. He doesn't have to check his instincts. He just go with it.

He lives in a world of patrons and clients. He lives in a world where Authority is not questionable. And that's very familiar. It's a very familiar space to especially the Saudi royals, but all of them. And he understands them and they understand him and he loves them and they love him. He can be himself, the unedited version. He doesn't have to check his instincts. He just go with it.

And that's kind of unusual for Trump.

And that's kind of unusual for Trump.

And that's kind of unusual for Trump.

Yeah, it's pretty straightforward, right? The Middle Eastern, not leaders, but countries, what they're getting ultimately is protection. They're getting military protection, which is often unsatisfactory from their point of view, But they don't really have a good alternative to the United States, so they have to try to work to make it as good as possible. And that's what they're doing.

Yeah, it's pretty straightforward, right? The Middle Eastern, not leaders, but countries, what they're getting ultimately is protection. They're getting military protection, which is often unsatisfactory from their point of view, But they don't really have a good alternative to the United States, so they have to try to work to make it as good as possible. And that's what they're doing.

Yeah, it's pretty straightforward, right? The Middle Eastern, not leaders, but countries, what they're getting ultimately is protection. They're getting military protection, which is often unsatisfactory from their point of view, But they don't really have a good alternative to the United States, so they have to try to work to make it as good as possible. And that's what they're doing.

They're buying goodwill from the US. They're also buying weapons, which they want and need. you know, purely just gifting. However, what Trump is getting in return is lots of money and more for himself than for the country. There is money coming for the country. There are these large weapons sales of missiles and other things to Saudi Arabia, the biggest weapons sale in U.S. history.

They're buying goodwill from the US. They're also buying weapons, which they want and need. you know, purely just gifting. However, what Trump is getting in return is lots of money and more for himself than for the country. There is money coming for the country. There are these large weapons sales of missiles and other things to Saudi Arabia, the biggest weapons sale in U.S. history.

They're buying goodwill from the US. They're also buying weapons, which they want and need. you know, purely just gifting. However, what Trump is getting in return is lots of money and more for himself than for the country. There is money coming for the country. There are these large weapons sales of missiles and other things to Saudi Arabia, the biggest weapons sale in U.S. history.

And the UAE is looking at buying over a million semiconductor chips from NVIDIA. and so on. All three countries are buying lots of American stuff, which is a big boon to Trump's bid to revitalize American manufacturing. but there's also a grifting angle here, right? Trump is getting a lot of money for his own company. We've never seen this before.

And the UAE is looking at buying over a million semiconductor chips from NVIDIA. and so on. All three countries are buying lots of American stuff, which is a big boon to Trump's bid to revitalize American manufacturing. but there's also a grifting angle here, right? Trump is getting a lot of money for his own company. We've never seen this before.