ARABS EXPECT RADICAL TURN FROM TRUMP

The Arab countries are attending today the inauguration of the A

                                      merican president, Donald Trump, for his second term, which will surely ratify his radical turn in foreign policy.

Beyond “America comes first,” the Americans will support the expulsion of undocumented immigrants; the reinforcement of the police arsenal and the fight against drug trafficking. Trump is a winner in all these issues of national interest.

Although the foreign policy of the United States is not known in depth by the president, he has already given some blows of the kick when referring to the purchase of Greenland; the possession of the Panama Canal and, of course, the support to Israel against the “axis of evil” represented by Iran and its allies.

The defense agreement signed a few days ago in Moscow by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkianí and Vladimir Putin is not to the liking, of course, of Trump and his “friend,” Netanyahu, but at least it removes, if not eliminates, the interest that the Jewish Prime Minister had in a third war against the Islamic Republic.

But there is another event that interests and sustains the entire world: the liberation of the Hamas hostages, which has begun in dribs and drabs. The three captives released were kidnapped in the West Bank, and are not among the 250 taken prisoner on October 7 in Israel.

Trump will begin his relations with the Islamic world with great caution. The latter is well aware of the aggressiveness of Western leaders towards the Muslim universe. Trump will not be able to limit himself to matters of fossil energy, in a world that is rapidly evolving to other sources already initiated with the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The Arabs do not wish to enter into an open conflict with Trump; But neither do they accept the role of allies at the command of the White House. The world is moving in favor of that immense force that Muslims represent; where radicalism is a tiny minority.

There is much to expect from the new tenant of the White House. And there will be surprises, no doubt, such as the fact that he has already created a cryptocurrency that has started with a positive balance of nearly 12 billion dollars. In that lake, Trump knows how to navigate like a well-prepared catfish.