The Success of the Abraham Accords

With the historic peace agreement comes the announcement that more countries are expected to join. Is Saudi Arabia next?

President Donald J. Trump, joined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, acknowledge applause and wave to the crowd after delivering remarks at the Abraham Accords signing Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

At a White House ceremony on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump acted as an official witness to the signing of major peace agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

After the ceremony, Trump announced that he expects Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel at the “right time”.

During a sit-down with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump announced that there are more peace talks taking place with an additional five or six countries joining, including Saudi Arabia. Hours after saying five to six countries were on the path to peace, Trump revised that number to up to nine nations.

President Donald J. Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

“We have many other countries going to be joining us and they’re going to be joining us soon,” Trump told reporters on the White House lawn. “We’ll have, I think, I mean I think seven, or eight, or nine. We’re going to have a lot of other countries joining us, including the big ones.”

When asked if he expected Saudi Arabia to follow the U.A.E. and Bahrain, Trump said “I…