Why U.S. allies aren’t taking Trump seriously after his push for Arab-Israel normalization

NBC News.com ^ | May 29, 2026 | Matt Bradley

[Timber Rattler]

It was the kind of sweeping, last-minute demand that would have torpedoed most diplomatic talks: President Donald Trump insisting this week that in exchange for him ending the war with Iran, several Arab and Muslim countries should sign on to his Abraham Accords to normalize their diplomatic relations with Israel.

But there’s been almost no response from any of the countries that Trump mentioned by name — more than half of whom already have diplomatic relations with Israel — and no statement of support from an Israeli government that would reap enormous benefits from such a deal.

Analysts said Trump’s last-minute condition was so sudden and unworkable, it would appear to most diplomats as a kind of cry for help from a leader who is desperate to wring a legacy-defining victory from his unpopular war.

Countries whom Trump needs to help him make a deal are simply not taking his demand seriously at all, regional observers and diplomats said.

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A senior Arab official directly involved in mediating peace talks between Washington and Tehran told NBC News that Trump has brought up the Abraham Accords during the negotiations. “Someone is misunderstanding the situation in a big way,” the official said of the Trump’s comments. “We should be paid back, not paying the price.”

“The Gulf states have already borne the economic and security costs of escalation,” Asif Durrani, a Pakistani diplomat who once served as the country’s ambassador to Iran, said on X. “Asking them to absorb additional political costs by normalising ties with Israel amid the Gaza tragedy risks deepening regional fault lines rather than healing them.”

[Timber Rattler]

So what now?

[OttawaFreeper]

These same people likely sang the praises of Hillary, McCain, and Obama all that time ago.

[Skwor]

It’s NBC news, why do you even believe anything they write?

[sauropod]

Yap.

[Timber Rattler]

Because they’re quoting involved Arab and Israeli diplomats by name.

[ClearCase_guy]

Analysts said Trump’s last-minute condition was so sudden and unworkable, it would appear to most diplomats as a kind of cry for help from a leader who is desperate to wring a legacy-defining victory from his unpopular war.

How illogical is this sentence?

Trump is (apparently) desperate to get a victory here, and so -- in order to achieve victory -- he has proposed something totally unworkable.

Huh?

[Timber Rattler]

Have the Iranians surrendered yet?

[pissant]

What now? You should just continue to fellate this NBC ‘journalist’ like you’ve been doing to a whole slew of commie propagandists in the MSM lately.

You are giving retards a bad name.

[Georgia Girl 2]

NBC news. 🙄

[Timber Rattler]

So what other news sources would be acceptable to you for posting stories on current events?

[BenLurkin]

“Allies”

[falcon99]

Wow, “ quoting involved Arab and Israeli diplomats by name”

And they don’t have an agenda or wouldn’t lie huh.

[Lurker]

“So what now?”

Stop believing NBC.

L

[jimwatx]

The Abraham Accords are dead at this point. Trump attempting to resurrect them now is foolish.

[Resolute Conservative]

They all lie, just like ours lie.

[pissant]

If you have to ask that question, you are too stupid to post here. The Bluesky pervs would love you though, trollb*tch

[gibsonguy]

TR is a TDS moron, just ignore.

[PGR88]

Rattler is back, promoting all the Davos-London MSM commentary

[Timber Rattler]

So I guess you don't have an answer to my totally legitimate question then, since you're resorting to your usual ad hominem attacks.

Too bad.

[af_vet_1981]

They are not our allies, except for the UAE, because we have very little in common with them and they hate Israel more than they like us.