May 15, 2025
Trump's Surreal Handshake: Diplomacy or Danger?
Over coffee, my friend leans in, eyebrows raised. “Did you see Trump shaking hands with that ex-Al-Qaeda guy in Riyadh?” she asks, half-laughing, half-horrified. I nod, sipping my latte, already piecing together the absurdity of it. Donald Trump, the dealmaker-turned-president-again, clasping hands with Ahmad al-Sharaa (aka Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani), a former Al-Qaeda warlord and leader of Hayat…