This week, President Trump traveled to the Middle East. Over the course of his trip, he met with several powerful nations, securing expensive U.S. investments and pushing Iran to make some serious concessions.

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From Just the News:

Tehran’s longtime allies like Syria and Qatar were cozying up to the American president with lavish celebrations and salutes and ponying up $1.2 trillion in U.S. investments, shifting them further toward an Arab-Israeli-U.S. alliance.

On Thursday, Tehran blinked.

Top Iranian official Ali Shamkhani said that his country is ready to make a deal with Trump. Under the deal, Iran would agree to never make nuclear weapons and destroy their existing stockpile in exchange for Trump lifting crippling sanctions against Iran.

This is a huge answer to our prayers. We have for years covered the threat that a nuclear Iran poses to both America and Israel. President Trump’s second term especially have been characterized by tension between Tehran and Washington. Now, however, that tension may be coming to an end. The Just the News article continues:

“I don’t think that they bent. I think that they folded,” Rep. Brad Knott, R-N.C., a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Just the News on Thursday when asked about Iran. “There was nothing voluntary.

“President Trump came in. He immediately put diplomatic pressure. He immediately put financial pressure, and he basically had two barrels loaded, metaphorically, of course, at the Iranian regime, and said, ‘you can roll the dice, but you’re not going to have a country left, and you’re not going to have any ability to survive this if you keep playing this game.'”

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Knott, the North Carolina congressman, said while there is now legitimate optimism a deal with Iran can be struck, details and enforcement are key.

“We must trust and verify,” he said. “But again, I’m very encouraged that the Iranian people and the Iranian government especially seem to be coming around and willing to disembark on this dangerous path.”

The President made many deals to get to this point. Just the News notes that he worked to befriend the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Lebanon on his trip. He even announced an end to American sanctions on Syria, provided the Syrian government meets his demands. One of those demands includes recognizing the state of Israel and joining the Abraham accords.

By befriending so many of these nations, President Trump managed to pressure Iran into capitulating. Although many intercessors have expressed concern over his connections to the Islamist nations, it may be those very connections that lead to the diplomatic de-arming of Iran.

Let’s pray. Let’s thank God for President Trump’s wise leadership that brought Iran to heel, but let’s also pray that he is not influenced by dangerous, Islamist nations. Above all else, let’s pray that the President never comprises or abandons Israel, the Lord’s beloved and chosen nation.

What do you think of President Trump’s trip to the Middle East? Share your thoughts and prayers below.

(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)