US President Donald Trump tried to move past the latest bombshell political book and the pitched battle over his Supreme Court nominee as he hosted Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the White House today.
Even then, the low-key Oval Office meeting, billed as a friendly bridge-building exercise with the tiny oil-rich emirate, could not avoid wading into troubled political waters. Beneath the facade, the emir’s visit was largely about patching up the 15-month embargo by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against Gulf neighbor Qatar, a crisis that Kuwait has tried to mediate.