The Gulf of Anti-America – The Bulwark

President Donald Trump (right) on May 16, 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates—the third leg of his tour of the region, after Saudi Arabia and Qatar. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

How Donald Trump demeaned our country and its values in his tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.

ON FRIDAY, AS HE RETURNED to the United States from a four-day tour of the Persian Gulf, Donald Trump berated Bruce Springsteen for criticizing him on foreign soil. “I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump fumed on Truth Social. Out of respect for America, Trump wrote, Springsteen “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country.”

Trump’s indignation was comically insincere. His whole trip to the Gulf was about badmouthing America and renouncing American values.

A normal American president might have used such a trip to reaffirm our nation’s enduring relationships with the host countries. Instead, Trump portrayed himself as the essential link. In Qatar, he said the U.S.-Saudi partnership was strong “because of my relationship with the crown prince and the family.” That’s how a monarch thinks: Bonds between countries are really just bonds between the ruling families.

A normal president might have emphasized the continuity of America’s commitments across parties and administrations. Instead, Trump belittled and spurned previous American presidents. He subjected Saudi and Qatari audiences to bizarre rants about how badly he had supposedly trounced his domestic opponents in the 2024 election (fact check: he won, but it wasn’t a trouncing), including details about how many states, counties, and electoral votes he had won. “It was an obliteration,” he crowed.

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