[Enchante]

Trump was elected to fulfill his promises. This was one of them.

[Alberta's Child]

This was hardly a top priority for him. Trump's first foray into Middle East politics was a statement he made at one of the GOP debates in which he said he wanted the U.S. to detach itself from the Middle East and treat all the players over there more even-handedly.

He changed his tune after the predictable howls from the other GOP candidates like Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham who are in Washington to represent the interests of their foreign handlers.