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Uploaded: 16 May 2025 (1 year ago) · Shared: 22 May 2025
Duration: 6:00
Uploaded: 16 May 2025 (1 year ago) · Shared: 22 May 2025
Duration: 6:00
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In this opinion video, Soumaya Ghannoushi — a writer and expert on Middle East politics — examines US President Donald Trump’s tour of Riyadh, AbuDhabi, and Doha, arguing that it is not diplomacy, but “theatre—staged in gold and fuelled by greed.”
She contends that while a US president openly arming a genocide is welcomed with red carpets, handshakes, and blank cheques, Gaza continues to burn.
Ghannoushi questions the Gulf regimes' failure to pressure Trump to halt the slaughter in Gaza or ease the siege — despite their wealth, influence, and despite them “having the ear” of the US president.
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