Donald Trump only a paper tiger, says Saudi expert
By: MAARIV, ARIELLA ROITMAN (The Jerusalem Post)
President Trump made a choice. It's beginning to appear that Trump did not choose wisely. Is Trump fighting America's last crusade?
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MAY 29, 2026 -- Saudi Arabia no longer trusts the US to provide protection, Saudi analyst Mubarak al-Ati said in an interview on Russia Today TV earlier this week.
"It seems that [US President Donald] Trump refuses to return to war and overthrow the Ayatollah's regime. This will cost him dearly," Ati said, while claiming that the US president has shown that he is a paper tiger.
Ati said that the US's first real sign of its failure in international affairs was Biden's "humiliating exit" from Afghanistan in 2021. "The US is still a superpower, but not as it was a decade ago," he opined.
"The balance of power has changed significantly, and for rising powers such as India, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil, all of which are G20 members, there are now new possibilities, and they can establish relations with all forces, not just with the US."
The Saudi expert claims that the US's dwindling presence on the world stage has led Gulf States and other Muslim countries to not take Trump's demands to join the Abraham Accords very seriously.
"Saudi Arabia refrained from being drawn into war and did not stand alongside Israel and the United States, just as it did not stand alongside Iran," Ati said. "Saudi Arabia has not declared hostility toward any of the parties, and this means they analyzed the situation and saw themselves as an independent actor who cannot be a satellite of Israel and the US."
New 'Arab-Islamic bloc'
He said that instead, Saudi Arabia is leading a new "Arab-Islamic bloc" with Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar, which will likely be announced soon.
"It has put the brakes on the Abraham Accords and is clearing the region of Israeli presence in Sudan, South Yemen, and Somaliland. Saudi Arabia will not join the Abraham Accords," he said.
Ati said that Saudi diplomacy is "paving the way for a non-violent agreement in the region."
It will be an agreement between Iran, the Gulf states, and anyone who wants to join," and will include Islamic and international guarantees."
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How will President Trump spin the "paper tiger" label? Or will Trump just threaten to blast Riyadh? That's another choice. And Trump's track record on choices does not inspire confidence.
Unlike with gullible Trump supporters, Trump cannot just lie to international folks. They have seen his actions and recognize that he is just an impulsive bully. They know he has no strategy and know that when he gets cornered, he slithers away while claiming victory.
He is a first-class embarrassment for the USA. How many decades will it take to undo the damage this buffoon has done?
I think just a year of having Trump imprisoned in a glass cell in the middle of Time's Square with usable Port-a-Pottys on top that people can access and shit and piss on him all day, every day, might show the rest of the world that we will never allow such an unqualified shit show to be elected President ever again. That would truly be justice served. But I'd settle for him being sent to just a regular prison if I had to.