President Trump's Mid-East trip

How Trump stunned the world as he flipped America's Middle East policy on its head

Moments after President Donald Trump was escorted to Air Force One by United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president popped his head into the press cabin.

He had just walked up to the plane on a baby blue red carpet - a final pop of pomp after his showy nearly four-day sweep through the Middle East.

The 78-year-old president visited a trio of countries in just three and a half days, with a schedule that stretched late into the evening with opulent state dinners every night.

He had referred to the whirlwind trip as an 'endurance test' and repeated that sentiment to the press.

'You have great stamina, also. We all have stamina. You needed it. That was a test. I think they were giving us a test,' Trump said with a laugh, commending his hosts in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

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Qatar has been an enemy of this country for years. How can American universities allow their faculty to justify terrorism? Because many of them are funded – bought – by Qatar, a country with a vested interest in spreading extremist ideology.

I don' trust Steve Witkoff's opinion on Qatar or President Trump's. They both have been manipulated by Qatar, in my opinion. Time will tell.