I was going to use Obama's own words against him, his oxymoron "leading from behind" but its such a cliche.

Anyway the fulsome reception by not just the Saudi king and his court but  the other Muslim leaders like el Sis of Egypt and Abbas of Palestine was striking when compared with the chilly and sometimes insulting reception accorded in his second term to president Obama.

Now Trump heads for Israel and Palestine.

Thus far, he has accomplished the very difficult feat - presumably drawing upon his successful negotiating experience in hundreds of business deals - of developing a positive relationship with both Muslim and Jewish leaders.

It is much easier to develop negative relationships with both Muslim and Jewish leaders - Obama proved that!

What irritates me a great deal are these short sighted left wing clowns including on this board who want Trump to fail in his quest to first vanquish radical Islamic terrorism and then to broker peace between Israel and the Muslim world.