US Politics
The Trump-al-Zaidi Summit: A Dangerous Personalization of American Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump welcomed Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to the White House, endorsing him as a future great leader and highlighting their shared business backgrounds while focusing on disarming Iran-backed militias and finalizing a major oil pipeline deal. This spectacle of personal diplomacy dangerously subordinates complex Iraqi sovereignty and the rule of law to the whims of a single U.S. president, risking regional stability for perceived transactional gains.
