It’s not just the “gesture” of a $400 million luxury plane that President Donald Trump says he’s smart to accept from Qatar. Or that he effectively auctioned off the first destination on his first major foreign trip,

Mr. Trump has few meetings directly about pressing geopolitical challenges. Instead, he’s in the Persian Gulf to make deals.

US President Trump moves to ease AI chips export rules, letting nations like Saudi Arabia negotiate access while aiming to prevent tech diversion to China.