For Trump, Defying Mideast Truisms Produced Breakthroughs and Backfires

The New York Times | Oct. 11, 2020, 3:21 p.m. | Original

Disregarding norms and accepted wisdom, President Trump went his own way in the Middle East and, in some cases, got what he wanted.

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