President Donald Trump is headed to the Middle East Monday on what’s being billed as his “first major international trip,” although sharp-eyed readers will note that he did go to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in late April. On this latest weeklong journey, though, he’s scheduled to meet with officials from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Adding an interesting wrinkle, however, is that Russian President Vladimir Putin will possibly be meeting one-on-one with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey on Thursday to try to negotiate an end to their horrific, endless war. What if the U.S. president dropped by?
Trump isn’t ruling it out:
Trump, who is expected to be in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, suggested that he could make a detour to Turkey, if he thinks his presence might be helpful.
“I was thinking…
