There’s more to Donald Trump’s Middle East trip than billion-dollar contracts, parades of camels and a storm back home over Qatar’s offer to give the president a new Air Force One.

US President Donald Tour on Thursday with a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The trip, part of his first major international journey of his second term,

Donald Trump’s surprise move to lift sanctions on Syria during his trip to the Middle East marked the latest example of the President seeking to combine peacemaking with lucrative business opportunities.