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Posted on 05/25/2026 3:23:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The president said Saudi Arabia and Qatar should “immediately” sign on to the agreements, first signed in 2020 during his first administration.
President Donald Trump said Monday that any agreement with Iran should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, to join the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements aimed at normalizing relations with Israel that were forged during Trump’s first term.
In a social media post, Trump said negotiations are “proceeding nicely” but tied any eventual agreement to expanded participation in the agreements first signed in 2020.
He pointed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar as countries that should “immediately” sign on, followed by Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates became the first countries to join in 2020.
He wrote that “after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords.”
The president said he brought up the Abraham Accords plan with leaders during negotiations on Saturday.
Trump suggested he may accept “one or two” countries declining to sign, but said most should be willing. Egypt and Jordan already formally recognize Israel and have long-standing peace treaties.
It remains unclear when or how any deal with Iran might be completed, or how Abraham Accords membership might affect an agreement. He suggested even Iran could eventually sign on, if an agreement is reached.
The accords are a series of diplomatic, economic and security agreements created with U.S. influence during Trump’s first term, originally between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, followed by Sudan, Morocco, and more recently, Kazakhstan.
They were framed as an effort to promote cooperation among countries in the Middle...
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Perhaps a bridge to far, but I do think I understand his reasoning here.
Covenant with many? Possible?
Good luck with that.
Middle East version of NATO?
He’s always thinking 3 moves ahead, isn’t he?
Sounds like a desperate attempt to maintain influence in the region. The Saudis brought in 6k troops from Pakistan a country they signed a military agreement with. Seems like they are no longer relying exclusively on US protection. Our other Gulf allies that received serious damage are probably reassessing their relationship with the US as well since we were unable to protect them or our bases in those countries.
This appears to just be further indication that Iran hasn’t agreed to anything, and Trump is attempting to gain some new leverage over them, by trying to officially drag these other countries into it on our side, by reviving the Abraham Accords. I wish him luck, but Arab peace with Israel has taken several steps back since 2020.
Sounds like someone wants to bring fire down from heaven to earth in the sight of men.........
No. Just musing whether this could be that covenant spoken of in scripture. It could be another at a later date.
No.
For Donald Trump this is like herding cats. btw Muslims are OK with cats. Istanbul is full of stray cats that the natives feed. As seen on you tube. Istanbul has no rats.
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