The sight of President Trump dancing the Ardah at the Arab Islamic American Summit is like a splash of icy water after a long, deep sleep. The commentariat sneered at his efforts to reach out to the Islamic world after the ‘poisonous’ anti-Muslim rhetoric of his campaign. GOP establishment hacks hailed Trump’s doubling-down behind the US’s long-time ‘ally’, the Saudis.
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