TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The five-nation trip by President Donald Trump to Europe and the Middle East later this month is aimed at reversing America’s disengagement with the world, establishing American leadership and forging partnerships with the countries in the region, a senior administration official has said. These new partnerships can deliver improved security and prosperity, better lives for children across all major religions, and across the people of the world, the official said.
“I think what the President has demonstrated already, and will be able to demonstrate even further on this trip, is that America First is fully compatible with American leadership in the world,” the official said on condition of anonymity. This will be the first foreign trip of Trump after taking office. However, the exact dates of his visits to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican, Brussels and Italy, have not been announced yet.
“Circumstances in the Middle East, that have bled over, as we all know, into Europe and globally, associated with radical, Islamist terrorist groups — Salafi-jihadist groups that are victimising so many in the region and beyond, as well as the problems associated with these terrorists groups, combined with Iran’s subversive and malign behaviour across the region, have aligned interests in a way that could lead to new partnerships enabled by American leadership,” the official said.