Key Takeaways from Donald Trump's second day through the Middle East | Donald Trump News

Donald Trump continued his tour through the Middle East with a stopover in Qatar and the first time that a President of the United States has made an official state visit to Golfand.

But shortly before he attacked the Air Force One to fly to the Qatarian capital Doha, Trump wrote down the story in other ways: he took off his first meeting with the new President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Wednesday was half the point in Trump's four-day trip, which included an opening station in Saudi Arabia and is completed in the United Arab Emirates.

And as with his other stops, Trump underlined the conditions of warming and expanded the business relationships with managers from Syria and Qatar-but in the United States, the democratic party was concerned about how the personal interests of the Republican leader could have his conversations.

Here are the most important snack bars of meetings and stops on Wednesday.

A top-class meeting in Saudi Arabia

Before Trump breaks down to Qatar, he took one of the best expected meetings of his entire trip: sitting with Syrian President Al-Sharaa.

It was the first time in almost a quarter of a century that the top leaders from Syria and the United States hit face face. And the meeting was extraordinary for several reasons: by December, the United States had offered a reward of USD $ 10 million for al-Sharaas capture.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the armed group Al-Sharaa, is listed as a “foreign terrorist organization” during the civil war of Syria due to their previous relationships with al-Qaida.

Since a coalition cited by HTS fell the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, the United States has re-evaluated its relationship with the group and its leadership.

Syria's 13-year-old civil war's overthrow the fall of the government of Al-Assad, and al-assadically in human rights violations accused floh to Russia.

In the run-up to the meeting on Wednesday with Al-Sharaa, Trump announced that he would raise the sanctions against Syria, which was introduced during the leadership of al-Assad, a development that the government of al-Sharaa praised as an economic blessing and a step towards stability.

On Wednesday, Al-Sharaa joined Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for a personal meeting, while Turkiyes president Recep Erdogan.

Trump, “said President Al-Sharaa that he has an enormous opportunity to do something historical in his country,” says a reading from the White House. He also encouraged Syria to drive away “foreign terrorists” and “Palestinian terrorists” from his limits and to normalize relationships with Israel.

The selection added that Al-Sharaa said that he shared the interests of the United States about “terrorism and elimination of chemical weapons”. He also encouraged the United States to invest in the Syria's oil sector.

Later, when he attacked the Air Force One for Qatar, reporter Trump asked to share his first impressions of al-Sharaa.

“Great. I think very good. Young, attractive type. Hart guy. Strong past. Very strong past. Fighters. He has a real shot to pull it together,” replied Trump.

An arrival in red bodies in Qatar

Pomp and circumstances welcomed Trump to his previous Middle East trip, and his arrival in Qatar was no exception.

Before Air Force One ended up in the Qatarian capital Doha, the festival – Trump's first international tour of his second term – was fully equipped.

When he entered Qatar's airspace, Margo Martin, communications consultant of the White House, published on both sides of the Air Force One video online from F-15 fighter planes, which provided the president “Ehrenkorort”.

A red carpet greeted Trump when he landed in Qatar. The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of the country was on site to welcome him. And a ceremonial guard that drove on white horses and camels trotted next to his car cola when he was transported to the place of his state visit.

“We are very honored to have them here. We are very excited, very happy. It is a historical visit,” said Al Thani. “I don't know if you know that you are the first American president, the Qatar officially visited. So we are very honored.”

Al Jazera's correspondent, Kimberly Halkett, who pursued the trip of the US President, said that Trump's Tour opulence was a sales argument for his domestic audience.

“The Americans loved the pomp and the Pageantry. They found it interesting to see the state dinner with the camels and see some of the tea and coffee ceremonies,” said Halkett.

Even Trump was amazed at the decor in the Amiri Diwan, the government center of Katar, and called the marble “Perfect-O”.

A deal to increase trade and defense

Trump's white house has described the president as the “dealmaker in boss”, and everyone has so far culminated with the USA on their four -day tour in the announcement of a large business agreement.

The visit on Wednesday in Qatar was no exception.

The White House announced that the USA and Qatar had signed business worth at least 1.2 trillion dollars, including a large transaction where Qatar Airways would buy 210 aircraft from the US company Boeing.

According to a government sheet 96 billion, this deal was worth $ 96 billion. Nevertheless, this was an adaptation down from a higher number, which Trump mentioned during the trip worth $ 200 billion.

“It is the greatest order of Jets in the history of Boeing. It's pretty good,” said Trump when he signed documents alongside Emir Al Thani.

In a gesture of his employee, Trump added: “We are long friends long before politics.”

Other parts of the deal included purchases of drone and anti-drone technology from US defense companies such as Raytheon and investments in the US energy sector.

“I think after the signing of these documents we are going to have a different relationship between Qatar and the United States,” said Al Thani and thanked Trump.

Democrats criticize conflicts of interest

But in the United States, Trump's stop in Qatar continued to raised the eyebrows among his critics, especially in the Democratic Party.

On the weekend before his trip, controversy controversies report that his Ministry of Defense would accept a luxury -boing -jet worth 400 million US dollars by Qatar, which is called the “palace in the sky”.

Such a gift would have been one of the largest in the history of the presidency. And critics warned that there were ethical and legal concerns, in view of the emrocer clause of the constitution that the Federal Government prohibits to accept gifts from foreign governments without prior approval of the congress.

Nevertheless, Trump defended the idea on social media. He called the plane a “gift, free” that was made “in a very public and transparent transaction”.

He also declined in media reports that he would use the plane as a personal transport after taking office. Sources stated that the plane was probably closed after Trump left the office and sent it to his presidential library.

Ultimately, the jet was not mentioned in the meeting on Wednesday with Emir Al Thani. It is unclear whether the exchange will continue.

The Democratic National Committee nevertheless announced that it would fly a banner about Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida in order to collapse with his visit to Qatar, which was dispensed with with the expression “Qatar-A-Lago”.

Journalists in Air Force One urged the president about another potential conflict of interest.

A reporter asked Trump about a deal in which an investment company in the United Arab Emirates – the next stop on his tour – would buy large sums of cryptocurrency from a company operated by his family. The deal is said to be $ 2 billion.

“I really don't know about it,” replied Trump. “But I'm a big crypto fan. I will tell you from the beginning, from the beginning, of the campaign. I believe in crypto.”

Trump is due to travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday before returning to the USA on Friday.