GCC eyes better relations with Washington under Trump

Riyadh is wary of the tough talk from Trump, Flynn and others on the threat from Middle Eastern Muslim refugees and of political Islam, said Eckart Woertz, a scholar at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs. “Wahhabism has almost become a swear word”, said Woertz referring to the puritanical brand of Islam that the rich Saudis spread in poorer parts of the Muslim world.