Despite their alarm, there may be some convergence between the positions of the Gulf states and Trump on Iran. Although publicly welcoming it, the GCC, save for Oman, has serious reservations about neighboring Iran’s nuclear deal that was negotiated without seeking their counsel. For Gulf leaders, the nuclear negotiations were a missed opportunity to commit Iran to refrain from interfering in the affairs of Arab states. To that extent. Trump and GCC leaders may see eye-to-eye. In a radio interview last September, Trump criticized the Iran nuclear deal as “horrible and laughable,” saying, “it’s one of the most incompetent contracts I’ve even seen,” and adding, “I’ve never seen more of a one-sided deal, I think, in my life.”
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