President Donald Trump Tuesday teased that he will soon have a major announcement -- as he met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump did not reveal the details but said it might not be about trade, but it will be "as big as it gets". Though it might not be in connection with Canada, Carney who spoke next said he was on the edge of his seat.
But what is this 'truly earth-shattering' thing that Trump teased? It is in connection with his Middle East trip as he said, "We're going to, as you know, the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, we're going to UAE and Qatar, and that will be, I guess, Monday night," Trump said. "Some of you are coming with us, I think."
"Before then, we're going to have a very, very big announcement to make, like as big as it gets, and I won't tell you on what, but it's very positive, and also I'd tell you if it was negative or positive, I can't keep that up. It is really, really positive, and that announcement will be made either Thursday or Friday or Monday before we leave. But it will be one of the most important announcements that have been made in many years about a certain subject, very important subject."
"We're going to have a great announcement," he said, "and I'm not necessarily saying it's on trade, going to the beginning. We're going to have a great announcement over the next few days, announcement that will be so, so incredible, so positive, and I'm not saying I don't want you to think it's necessarily on trade just to finish."
Renaming the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf
The Associated Press, citing multiple US officials, reported that Trump is expected to announce that the US will begin referring to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia. And this announcement will be made during his Saudi Arabia visit. But it is not known whether this renaming is the earth-shattering announcement that Trump teased and closely guarded yesterday.
Trump always refers to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf
In 2017, Trump used the term Arabian Gulf for the waterway, which is known as the Persian Gulf. Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, blasted any attempt to rename the Persian Gulf and said it will have no validity apart from bringing the wrath of all the Iranians.
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