FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MIDDLE EAST/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said terrorism, Syria and Yemen were among the topics of discussion during a White House meeting Wednesday with the emir of Kuwait. Trump said Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was a ‘very special friend’ of his, while the 89-year-old Kuwaiti ruler said he was ‘very happy’ to meet Trump for the third time in nearly a year. The president said the U.S. and Kuwait practice ‘large-scale’ trade and investment, and work together against terrorism. He declared Kuwait a ‘great partner’ in that effort.”
–The Associated Press, “Trump, Kuwait Emir Discuss Syria, Yemen, Trade,” The New York Times online, September 5, 2018