wyattsalazar:

The narrative that Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Turkey are being treated differently because Trump has business ties with them is missing the crucial additional context that all three countries have been staunch geopolitical clients of the United States. All three countries purchase USA arms and equipment, and perform military actions at the USA’s behest, and Turkey is currently a crucial forward base for NATO’s ambitions in Syria. It’s not just Trump money and these countries did not just start receiving special treatment with this administration. They have always been key US interests and collaborators in the Middle East.