This week on The New Arab Voice podcast we look at US President Donald Trump's recent trip to the Gulf. 

During this trip he secured billions of dollars worth of deals and investments. There were the usual defence contracts, but also, advance technologies also played a huge role in the deals. 

As well as business deals, Trump also sought to make political progress on a number of issues facing the region. Trump continued to push his desire for a new Iran nuclear deal, and he also announced the lifting of all sanctions on Syria. 

Another notable point from his trip, is what Trump didn't do; namely, he didn't visit Israel. 

Why did Trump choose the Gulf for his first foreign trip? What deals did he make? What political gains was he able to make? Why didn't he visit Benjamin Netanyahu? What's the state of the relationship between Netanyahu and Trump? Are the two leaders diverging and is there anything Netanyahu can do about it?

Joining us this week, we speak with Paul Salem (@paul_salem), a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute (@MiddleEastInst), and Charles W. Dunne (@CharlesWDunne), a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC (@ArabCenterWDC).

All five episodes of our special series Sanaa's Odyssey are out now, you can listen to them via The New Arab, or search for 'Sanaa's Odyssey', wherever you get your podcasts.

This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).

Theme music by Omar al-Fil with additional music from Audio Network.

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