Trumpcast

The MBS-JK Connection Takes on the Middle East

The Trump administration is in way over its head in Mideast politics. This is how disasters happen.

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Jacob Weisberg talks to Dexter Filkins of the New Yorker about the young thirtysomethings trying to reform the Middle East—Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman. How did they forge this relationship? What does Saudi Arabia want in the region, and how is the White House emboldening them?

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