President Donald Trump brushed off questions Wednesday over ethical concerns about the growing Middle East footprint of his family business, as his trip in the region takes him to three countries with Trump-branded ventures.

President Donald Trump used the first major foreign trip of his second term to outline a vision for restoring global stability that is grounded in pragmatism and self-interest rather than values, holding out U.

Donald Trump’s surprise move to lift sanctions on Syria during his trip to the Middle East marked the latest example of the President seeking to combine peacemaking with lucrative business opportunities.