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"I think we gotta cheer President Trump's style.". //
During an interview on Newsmax TV, [former Director of National Intelligence Richard] Grenell told Spicer & Co. that only an outsider like Trump could change the “calculus” in the Middle East that could lead to the signing of historic deals between Israel and its Muslim neighbors, most of which at one time or another have vowed to “push Israel into the sea.”
“Today a historical agreement would not happen if not for the fact Donald Trump is an outsider. If you play by the Washington, D.C., rules, you don’t get to this point because you listen to the Europeans on, say, the JCPOA Iran deal [aka Obama’s Iran nuclear deal].
“The Iran deal was really a bad deal for America.”
Grenell told host Sean Spicer that Trump’s decision to decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was misrepresented by the American media. (Try to control your shock and amazement.)
“The Europeans complained, but many Arab governments cheered, and our media really missed that. They weren’t able to get that nuance. They just immediately went with the criticism of the Europeans.” //
Omar Ghobash, who serves as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) assistant minister for public and cultural diplomacy.
In response to a question from Fox News anchor Bret Baier about how much credit he gives Trump for the historic deals, Ghobash said:
“It is a truly remarkable achievement — even for us, citizens of the Arab world looking out. It is a remarkable achievement and it comes in a particular context which is incredibly important —we in the Emirates have been trying to push an agenda of communication, engagement, dialogue, tolerance. And this in the wake of the terror that ISIS wrought right across the region.
“And so, to find a U.S. Administration that takes us up on that and assists us in coming to peace with the Israelis, this is the first peace between an Arab state and the Israelis in 26 years. It’s a remarkable achievement in itself both for the administration and the American people, and for which I think we’re very grateful.”
Nancy Pelosi unavailable for comment.