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Trump blasts ‘interventionalists’ and ‘neo-cons’ in Riyadh speech
A conservative foreign policy analyst dubbed Trump’s Saudi address similar to Obama’s 2009 ‘apology tour’ in Cairo
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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, Michigan.
President Donald Trump lambasted “interventionalists” and “neo-cons” who previously led foreign policy discourse in the Republican Party in a speech on Tuesday at a U.S.-Saudi Arabia investment forum event in Riyadh.
“The gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu...