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That proposal had already won support from President Donald Trump's outgoing administration in the United States (Dispatches 14/3/22 Rabat's lobbying of Washington on Western Sahara has paid off)...
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Talks on a US-Kenya trade deal started under former President Donald Trump but have since stalled...
Arguments over the role of US troops in Somalia date back to President Donald Trump's administration and beyond...
The US is debating whether or not to send the forces that President Donald Trump withdrew from Baledogle back there...
For Morocco it is sovereignty over the former Spanish colony – as recognised in December 2020 by then United States President Donald Trump and not gainsaid by his successor Joe Biden even if the Ukraine war is forcing a rethink (AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend & Dispatches 21/4/22 Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara)...
The Palace was concerned about a potential popular backlash when it signed up for former United States President Donald Trump's Abraham Accords formally recognising Israel...
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This pulls back from the unequivocal backing offered to Rabat by former President Donald Trump (AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend)...
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' Morocco's decision in late 2020 to recognise Israel as part of a transactional deal coordinated with United States officials during President Donald Trump's final months in power dramatically shifted the debate on Western Sahara in Rabat's favour...
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In late 2020 President Donald Trump's administration recognised Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara as a quid pro quo for the kingdom officially recognising Israel...
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United States President Joe Biden didn't reverse Donald Trump's recognition of Morocco's disputed territory in Western Sahara while Rabat deepened ties with Israel and other ‘Abraham Accords' signatories led by the wealthy and powerfully armed United Arab Emirates (AC Vol 61 No 25 King reaps Saharan dividend)...
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It may have been a calculated but low-cost snub to Egypt's Abdel Fattah el Sisi and Morocco's King Mohammed VI both close allies of defeated President Donald Trump...
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