The Middle East doesn’t preoccupy Trump, but Trump preoccupies the Middle East

By James M. Dorsey

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The Middle East may not preoccupy Donald J. Trump. Still, the president-elect preoccupies the Middle East as it attempts to figure out how he will handle the wars ravaging Gaza and Lebanon and threatening to spark an all-out conflagration between Israel and Iran.

Middle Eastern views run the gamut from optimism that Mr. Trump will strengthen Arab autocracy and cut a deal with Iran to pessimism that he will give Israel carte blanche to do what it wants to suggestions that the president-elect could move the region away from the brink.

The truth is likely to be in the middle.