{"id":2189,"date":"2026-06-24T21:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:11:37","slug":"we-got-played-trump-loses-another-major-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2189","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We got played&#8217;: Trump loses another major ally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Over the past decade, the Trump family organization has garnered much support from allies in the Persian Gulf who stood to profit from President Donald Trump\u2019s relentlessly pro-business stance. But now, reports the <u>Washington Post<\/u>, \u201chis decision to wage war on Iran and his erratic conduct have tarnished his image\u201d and have associates in the UAE complaining they\u2019ve been \u201cplayed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2187\">After \u2018circling the drain\u2019 Trump\u2019s DJT stock finally plops in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the Post explains, \u201cPublicly, officials in the UAE and across the Persian Gulf region largely have avoided criticizing Trump and said the war has only made the UAE double down on its relationship with the United States.\u201d When leaders from the two countries meet, they tend to lavish each other with praise. \u201cAnalysts, however, said the friendly public posturing belies a deep frustration in the Gulf with Trump\u2019s decision-making,\u201d as regional officials had actively tried to dissuade the U.S. from launching the war. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven as administrations changed, there has been a continuation of strategic direction between U.S. presidents,\u201d said Mohammed Baharoon, director general of B\u2019huth, a Dubai research center. Since Trump derailed that direction, says Baharoon, \u201cThrow a dime in the street,\u201d and you could find a UAE resident angry at Trump over the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Post spoke with several examples, such as Omar Al Busaidy, a businessman who was optimistic when Trump headed to the Gulf region for the first major overseas trip of his second term. When Trump announced $2 trillion in investment deals, Busaidy felt confident that the president would prove a good ally. Then the war upended regional security, tourism, economics, and infrastructure, and Busaidy\u2019s opinion changed. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2185\">Senator demands Trump pay cash for his \u2018incompetence\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, I had high hopes,\u201d Busaidy admitted. \u201cBut we got played.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Busaidy, there had been optimism in the UAE over Trump\u2019s promises to be a \u201cno war president.\u201d Gulf residents \u201cbelieved him,\u201d and thought that he wouldn\u2019t \u201cpoke the bear\u201d that was Iran. But now, Busaidy says Trump \u201ceither miscalculated or misread the situation\u201d and has lost the support of many in the UAE business community. <\/p>\n<p>Busaidy is far from the only Emirati to express such sentiments. As the Post explains, \u201cIn one of the most public displays of Gulf discontent, <u>Emirati billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor went viral <\/u>with a public letter that lambasted Trump\u2019s \u2018dangerous decision\u2019 to \u2018drag our region into a war,\u2019 giving voice to the frustrations that mostly had been expressed behind closed doors.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Said Nasser Hassan Al Shaikh, a businessman, former UAE government official, and economist, \u201cWe don\u2019t know what was going through Trump\u2019s mind when he started this war, but we did know the potential repercussions. And we know there was no knockout.\u201d According to wastewater engineer Khaled Al Kaabi, \u201cTrump has only created problems for the world, then left others to solve them.\u201d One British worker living in Dubai \u2014 who happened to speak with the Post while at the city\u2019s Trump golf course \u2014 declared, \u201cHe\u2019s caused horrendous regional destabilization \u2026 and just made it really hard for anyone to like him.\u201d And even those who still like Trump admit the war has made them realize \u201che is crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2183\">Fuel costs are brutalizing Trump\u2019s fans in these red states: report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the Trump family organization has garnered much support from allies in the Persian Gulf who stood to profit from President Donald Trump\u2019s relentlessly pro-business stance. 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