As Trump heads to the Middle East, fixing explosive crises takes a back seat to deal-making

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U.S. President Donald Trump will start his Middle East trip Tuesday by visiting Saudi Arabia. The country has opened up and relaxed its strict social code in recent years as it looks for partners to help it transition away from an oil economy. But the war in Gaza — and the famine created by Israel’s blockade of two million people — seems certain to haunt the president’s trip. 

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