Trump jets off to Middle East without Ivanka and Jared Kushner or son Eric as kids take quiet advisory roles

President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One and is headed to the Middle East for the archetypal important travel overseas of his 2nd term.

Trump volition question to the capitals of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, spending 3 and a fractional days connected the crushed successful the 3 Arab Nations. 

The Daily Mail reported past week that archetypal woman Melania Trump is skipping the trip, and property caput Karoline Leavitt said connected Friday that Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump's hubby Jared Kushner - who person concern successful the portion - aren't going. 

However, Kusher is reportedly inactive softly advising Trump connected the travel according to CNN. He's been 'heavily involved' successful discussions with Saudi Arabia connected agreements that could 'normalize' diplomacy with Israel, according to the report.

'Jared is an 'expert erstwhile it comes to the Middle East,' a elder medication authoritative told CNN. 

'He knows each the players and is 1 of the fewer radical who has the receptor of the Arab leaders, arsenic good arsenic the Israelis,' the root added.

The White House added that Kushner was captious to immoderate of Trump's archetypal medication successes including the historical Abraham Accords.

Communications Director Steven Cheung told CNN determination is 'no question' Trump values his expertise and 'welcomes his proposal connected each areas wherever helium is consenting to beryllium helpful.' 

Ivanka Trump, who accompanied her begetter to Saudi Arabia successful 2017 erstwhile she was arsenic White House adviser, is besides sitting this 1 out. 

She antecedently said she would beryllium taking a measurement backmost from ceremonial engagement successful her father's 2nd word to absorption connected her family. But she has been spotted astatine the White House precocious for respective flashy events including an lawsuit with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Eric Trump, the enforcement vice president of the Trump Organization, was successful Qatar successful April, but helium besides won't beryllium connected his father's Middle East swing.

He signed the Trump family's archetypal improvement woody successful Qatar to physique a play people and residential villas adjacent the superior Doha including a 18-hole Trump International Golf Course and Trump Villas.

Instead Trump has filled the travel with apical Cabinet members and apical unit including Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

In each 3 countries, Trump volition purpose astatine a minimum to denote economical deals - with hopes that advancement tin beryllium made connected immoderate of the analyzable geopolitical issues arsenic well. 

Trump's archetypal halt volition beryllium successful Riyadh wherever he'll beryllium gathering with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman oregon 'MBS.' 

The longterm extremity is to person Saudi Arabia articulation connected to the Abraham Accords - 1 of the biggest overseas argumentation achievements of Trump's archetypal administration. 

The Abraham Accords normalized relations betwixt Israel and the UAE and Israel and Bahrain. 

Hamas' panic onslaught connected Israel connected October 7, 2023 - and the ongoing warfare successful Gaza - threw a wrench successful the Biden administration's and present the Trump administration's propulsion to person Saudi articulation the accords. 

MBS has pushed that the Saudis would request determination to beryllium a pathway to Gaza becoming a Palestinian authorities for them to articulation the pact now. 

But first, the warfare successful Gaza would request to end.  

Hamas said Sunday that the radical would merchandise the last American hostage, Israeli American Edan Alexander, arsenic portion of an effort to scope a ceasefire woody with Israel, which would let humanitarian assistance travel into Gaza. 

Israel has refused a ceasefire portion negotiations are ongoing and are primed to onslaught Gaza with much unit - utilizing Trump's travel to the portion arsenic a deadline. 

Trump sees a ceasefire and moving connected from the warfare arsenic a triumph - and White House envoy Steve Witkoff has been engaged successful negotiations with Qatar, Egypt and Hamas successful caller days, Axios reported, successful hopes that a caller Gaza woody could person been announced up of the trip. 

Witkoff is besides handling the existent negotiations with Iran.  

Saudi Arabia has besides played big for the caller Russia-U.S. talks to negociate an ending to the warfare successful Ukraine. 

While question has been made connected that, the White House said past week that a Trump gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn't beryllium happening connected the Middle East trip. 

Several Arab newspapers person reported that Trump volition conscionable with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun portion connected the crushed with Saudi. 

Reuters reported Sunday that Sharaa - who remains a designated violent implicit his al-Qaeda past - planned to woo the American president by proposing a Trump Tower successful the Syrian superior of Damascus. 

Sharaa besides planned to transportation a detente with Israel and U.S. entree to Syria's lipid and gas, if Trump agrees to region sanctions connected the state aft the Assad authorities was toppled successful December.

The White House has yet to corroborate these meetings.

Trump volition pitchy to Doha connected Wednesday, for a speedy 24 hours spent successful Qatar, a state that has helped facilitate the Hamas-Israel ceasefires and was a large staging country during the U.S.'s pullout of Afghanistan during the Biden administration. 

On Sunday, ABC News reported that during this information of the trip, Trump would accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo pitchy from the royal household of Qatar to usage arsenic a caller Air Force One - arsenic the 2 Air Force One replacements person been mired successful delays and outgo overruns. 

Trump toured the opulent craft erstwhile it was parked successful West Palm Beach successful February. 

The level - which would apt beryllium painted successful Trump's desired colour strategy - would beryllium transferred to the Pentagon, to acceptable it to beryllium utilized by the president, and past aboriginal transferred to Trump's statesmanlike room foundation. 

That means Trump could proceed to alert the 'palace successful the sky' aft leaving office. 

Ethics experts person raised the alarm astir the transaction.  

Trump confirmed the woody successful a Truth Social station Sunday night. 

'So the information that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 craft to regenerate the 40 twelvemonth aged Air Force One, temporarily, successful a precise nationalist and transparent transaction, truthful bothers the Crooked Democrats that they importune we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane,' the president wrote. 'Anybody tin bash that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!!'

For the Secret Service, however, the president utilizing a level talented to him by a overseas authorities is considered a 'security nightmare,' a law enforcement root told CNN. 

The president's last halt volition beryllium Abu Dhabi, the superior of the United Arab Emirates, wherever the Trump Organization already has 1 existent property project, with 2 much successful the making. 

The White House has yet to merchandise a docket for the back-half of the trip, but Trump volition apt play up UAE's information successful the Abraham Accords.