Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’:
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- President Trump stated in Saudi Arabia that the U.S. will stop lecturing on how to live.
- He criticized decades of American intervention in the Middle East and urged people to determine their own destinies.
- The speech garnered mixed reactions, with some celebrating his views and others expressing skepticism.
- In Syria and Yemen, there was support for Trump's stance on sovereignty, despite frustrations over U.S. interventions.
The United States will no longer be 'giving you lectures on how to live.'— President Trump declared this during an investment conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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