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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump wrapped up the archetypal extended overseas trip of his 2nd word Friday, ending a circuit helium said secured deals worthy trillions successful the Middle East.
The trip's 4th and last time included a sojourn to the Abrahamic Family House — an interfaith halfway containing a mosque, synagogue and religion named aft the Abraham Accords helium negotiated — successful the United Arab Emirates.
He visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE during his trip. Trump did not sojourn Israel, which conducted strikes connected the Gaza Strip connected Friday, sidesplitting at slightest 64 people, according to hospitals.
As helium departed from the portion connected Air Force One, Trump said the travel was a "fantastic infinitesimal for our country," adding that helium "really believes everyone's talking astir it."
Trump to conscionable with Putin 'as soon arsenic we tin acceptable it up'
Trump said helium expects to conscionable with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon and that helium “would really permission present and go,” but that helium wanted to spot his caller grandchild. His daughter, Tiffany, gave commencement to a lad Thursday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a Russian delegation and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened successful Turkey on Friday to sermon a ceasefire, the archetypal nonstop bid talks successful astir 3 years. Reporters said the working-level discussions ended aft conscionable 15 minutes.
Trump teased earlier successful the week that helium could perchance be the talks but yet did not stray from planned stops successful Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
"They each said Putin was going and Zelenskyy was going. And I said, If I don't go, I warrant Putin is not going, and helium didn't go," Trump said. "And I recognize that, but we're going to get it done. We've got to get it done."
Rubio told reporters helium was not expecting a important breakthrough, with neither Trump nor Putin attending.
Trump connected Iranian atomic deal: 'Come a agelong way'
After saying connected Thursday that Tehran “sort of” agreed to the presumption of a caller atomic deal, Trump connected Friday said of Iran: “I deliberation we're talking to them.”
“I deliberation they've travel a agelong way," helium added.
Trump has said Iran indispensable take betwixt a atomic limb oregon facing “violence similar radical haven’t seen before.”
NewsNation's Anna Kutz contributed to this report.
