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Aug 21, 2020

US President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to the White House on Aug. 20, 2020, in Washington. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A week or so after his administration helped broker the normalization of UAE-Israel ties, US President Donald Trump was focused again on the Middle East, promising a new course in US-Iraq relations in a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

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