The White House announced Jan. 20 that President Donald Trump will meet his Iraqi counterpart, Barham Salih, this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump is also set to meet separately with Iraqi Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani.
Why it matters: Baghdad’s threat to expel US troops in the wake of the strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani and the Trump administration’s vow to hit Iraq with sanctions could become a major point of contention in the meeting. Some Republican lawmakers have also floated moving US troops to Iraqi Kurdistan if Baghdad moves forward with its threats to remove US forces — a possibility Trump himself could raise when he meets with Barzani.
