{"id":9600,"date":"2025-05-15T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2025-05-15T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:24:13","slug":"former-biden-officials-offer-rare-praise-for-trump-middle-east-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/former-biden-officials-offer-rare-praise-for-trump-middle-east-accomplishments\/njackson\/2025\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Biden Officials Offer Rare Praise For Trump Middle East Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former top officials in the Biden administration admitted they were impressed by President Donald Trump\u2019s bold moves this week during his historic tour in the\u00a0Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s visit to the Middle East is his first major overseas trip since retaking office.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/05\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-600-billion-investment-commitment-in-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The White House<\/a>\u00a0said he aimed to strengthen strategic partnerships in the region for stability and economic prosperity with the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump announced on Tuesday he would be lifting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. sanctions on Syria<\/a>, before meeting with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. president to meet with a Syrian president in 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the U.S., and agreed to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Gosh, I wish I could work for an administration that could move that quickly,&#8221; one official admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard not to be simultaneously terrified at the thought of the damage he can cause with such power, and awed by his willingness to brazenly shatter so many harmful taboos,&#8221; Rob Malley, former special envoy to Iran under Biden, also said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He does all this, and it&#8217;s kind of silence, it&#8217;s met with a shrug,&#8221; Ned Price, a former State Department spokesperson in the Biden administration, added. &#8220;He has the ability to do things politically that previous presidents did not, because he has complete unquestioned authority over the Republican caucus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said Tuesday during a speech in Saudi Arabia that he was dropping U.S. sanctions on Syria, implemented under ousted President Bashar al-Assad, &#8220;in order to give them a chance at greatness.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Syria,\u00a0they\u2019ve had their share of travesty, war, killing many years. 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