President Trump is wrapping a whirlwind trip to the Middle East — complete with a flurry of proposed investment deals, controversial gifts and a major shift in US-Syria policy. On today’s Big Take podcast,

Trump did spend some of last weekend downplaying legal and ethics concerns regarding reports Qatar is considering donating a $400 million Boeing plane.

Three days in the Middle East have put President Trump’s bromance diplomacy on full display. “I like you too much,” Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, later placing his hand on his heart as the two men bid farewell on the airport tarmac.

Trump is again diverging from U.S. presidential habit by choosing the Middle East, not Canada or Mexico, for the first foreign trip of his second term. He's hoping to do deals with three of the region's wealthiest countries.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday Qatar will invest $10 billion in coming years in the Al Udeid Air Base southwest of its capital Doha, the largest U.S. military facility in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump seeks a diplomatic solution in nuclear talks with Iran, emphasizing no nuclear weapons for Iran and highlighting regional impacts during his Middle East tour.

There’s more to Donald Trump’s Middle East trip than billion-dollar contracts, parades of camels and a storm back home over Qatar’s offer to give the president a new Air Force One.

U.S President Donald Trump arrives in Doha to a grand state welcome by the Emir of Qatar. From royal sword dancing at Al Wajba Palace to high-level talks over a formal state dinner at Lusail Palace, Trump’s visit underscores a dramatic deepening of U.

By Gram Slattery, Andrew Mills and Federico Maccioni DOHA/ABU DHABI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday Qatar will invest $10 billion in coming years in the Al Udeid Air Base southwest of its capital Doha,