Conservatives shouldn't be surprised that President Trump invited terrorist Julani to the White House and lifted sanctions against his jihadist government in Syria

An examination of Trump family business ties in the Middle East goes a long way toward explaining the moves that shocked MAGA.

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Many conservatives have expressed shock and dismay that President Donald Trump would speak so highly of an Islamic terrorist, calling him “good looking” and a “tough guy,” even inviting him to the White House.

They shouldn’t be surprised. For Trump, it’s all about business. And the lines between U.S. foreign policy and the Trump family business have increasingly been blurred the longer Trump has served in politics.

You want to know why President Trump invited former al-Qaida terrorist Muhammad al-Julani to the White House after he morphed from terror kingpin into Syrian head of state, having changed his name to Ahmed al-Sharaa, trimmed his beard and traded his keffiyeh for a Western suit? You want to know why the president agreed to lift sanctions on the Syrian regime led by Julani?

Clues to Trump’s bizarre embracing of the Syrian strongman are found in his business ties to Saudi…