Trump's remarks that Middle Eastern states 'wouldnt last a week' without U.S. cause anger in the re
Source: Washington Post
Trumps remarks that Middle Eastern states wouldnt last a week without U.S. cause anger in the region
By Adam Taylor April 26 at 1:40 PM
As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington, President Trump appeared to take aim at Western allies in the Middle East implying that they would crumble within a week if the United States didn't protect them.
Countries that are in the area, some of which are immensely wealthy, would not be there except for the United States and, to a lesser extent, France, Trump said at a news conference Tuesday.
They wouldn't be there except for the United States, he went on. They wouldn't last a week. We are protecting them. They have to now step up and pay for what is happening.
Trump's remarks though only an aside in a longer discussion about Syria stirred little official response from U.S. allies in the Middle East. But one of America's main foes, Iran, had something to say. On Thursday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the comments a humiliation for Muslims.
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