{"id":2435555,"date":"2025-05-16T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-alumni-reluctantly-admit-theyre-awed-by-what-trump-just-did-in-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:59:18","slug":"biden-admin-alumni-reluctantly-admit-theyre-awed-by-what-trump-just-did-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-alumni-reluctantly-admit-theyre-awed-by-what-trump-just-did-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Alumni Reluctantly Admit They&#8217;re &#8216;Awed&#8217; by What Trump Just Did in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-alumni-reluctantly-admit-theyre-awed-by-what-trump-just-did-in-the-middle-east%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report indicates that President donald Trump&#8217;s recent high-profile visit to the Middle East has left former members of the Biden governance surprised. During his visit, Trump announced ample trade agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, while engaging with the new leadership in Syria and extending diplomatic overtures to Iran-countries traditionally viewed as adversaries of the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>Former officials expressed admiration for Trump&#8217;s ability to swiftly navigate international relations without being hindered by established protocols, as observed with the recognition of Syria&#8217;s government. Despite personal criticisms of Trump&#8217;s motivations, some critiques acknowledged the effectiveness of his unconventional approach compared to the more cautious strategies of previous administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from past administrations commented on the significant impact of Trump&#8217;s visit and decisions, noting it as a &#8220;vrey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-executive-order-on-foreign-interference-in-elections-comes-due-today-things-are-going-to-get-real-real-soon\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Executive Order On Foreign Interference in Elections Comes Due Today \u2013 Things Are Going to Get Real \u2013 Real Soon\">big deal<\/a>.&#8221; They praised his willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >abandon long-standing diplomatic taboos<\/a> in pursuit of stability and peace in the region. Trump emphasized the need for the U.S. to prioritize its interests over moral judgments regarding foreign leaders, asserting that interventionist approaches had caused more destruction than they resolved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shock and awe of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tour de force visit to the Middle East has left former Biden administration members stunned, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump announced a multi-billion-dollar trade deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-uses-two-signature-songs-make-entrance-saudi-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> and one topping $1 trillion with Qatar, met with the new leadership of Syria, and extended an olive branch to longtime enemies, including Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Gosh, I wish I could work for an administration that could move that quickly,&rdquo; one former administration member told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/15\/trump-israel-syria-policy-reverse-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, which did not identify the official.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;He does all this, and it&rsquo;s kind of silence. It&rsquo;s met with a shrug,&rdquo; said Ned Price, a State Department official under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;He has the ability to do things politically that previous presidents did not, because he has complete unquestioned authority over the Republican caucus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Rhodes, a national security aide under Obama, noted that Trump leapfrogged all the protocols that stood in the way of recognizing the new government of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-begins-launching-strikes-assad-flees-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syria<\/a>, which toppled longtime American nemesis Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s so clearly the right decision,&rdquo; Rhodes said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why Joe Biden didn&rsquo;t do this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like Trump&rsquo;s motivations for lots of things he does,&rdquo; the long-time Trump critic said, &ldquo;but one thing you will say is he&rsquo;s not tied to this constant fear of some bad faith right-wing attacks or stupid Blob-type, &lsquo;We don&rsquo;t do this. We must leverage the sanctions for blah blah blah.&rsquo; No! Sometimes you just have to try something different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressman-heaps-praise-on-trump-for-what-hes-done-in-the-last-week-or-so\/\" title=\"Democratic Congressman Heaps Praise on Trump for What He&#039;s Done in &#039;the Last Week or So&#039;\">harmful taboos<\/a>,&rdquo; said Rob Malley, who held senior posts in the Obama and Biden administrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Obama administration official Tommy Vietor agreed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/former-biden-officials-offer-rare-praise-trumps-bold-middle-east-moves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very big deal,&rdquo; Vietor said. &ldquo;So I think Trump deserves a lot of credit for this decision. It was politically difficult &hellip; but it&rsquo;s unequivocally the right thing to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One official told Axios the success of envoy Steve Witkoff comes from his freedom to act in whatever manner gets the job done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I suspect Witkoff doesn&rsquo;t have to look over his shoulder as much as others have. His predecessors have had to make sure the secretary of Defense is on board and the secretary of the Treasury is on board, and the head of the CIA is on board. He just does it,&rdquo; one former Biden official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his Middle East visit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/4d-chess-trump-breaks-investment-record-qatar-deal-maybe-new-air-force-one-part-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> noted a difference between his policies and those of other presidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In recent years, far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it&rsquo;s our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use U.S. policy to dispense justice for their sins &hellip; I believe it is God&rsquo;s job to sit in judgement &mdash; my job [is] to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace,&rdquo; he said, according to the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/05\/in-riyadh-president-trump-charts-the-course-for-a-prosperous-future-in-the-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In the end, the so-called &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-saudi-arabia-trump-lambasts-failed-neocon-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"In ..., Trump Lambasts Failed Neocon Foreign Policy\">nation-builders&#038;rsquo<\/a>; wrecked far more nations than they built &mdash; and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As I have shown repeatedly, I am willing to end past conflicts and forge new partnerships for a better and more stable world, even if our differences may be very profound,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During his trip, Trump unveiled a multi-billion-dollar trade agreement with Saudi Arabia and a deal exceeding $1 trillion with Qatar, engaged with Syria&#8217;s new leadership, and reached out to long-time adversaries like Iran. One ex-official expressed a desire to work for an administration capable of such swift action. Ned Price, a former State Department official under Biden, noted that Trump possesses unique political leverage over the Republican caucus that previous presidents lacked. Ben Rhodes, an Obama national security aide, remarked on Trump&#8217;s ability to bypass traditional protocols in recognizing Syria&#8217;s new government and questioned why Biden did not take similar steps. 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