Article snippet: Posted at 11:30 pm on June 7, 2017 by Dan Spencer The Associated Press reports that President Donald J. Trump offered Wednesday to personally broker a resolution to the Persian Gulf’s escalating diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors: That’s a yuge reversal from President Trump’s position, tweeted on Tuesday, that Qatar enables terrorism. Qatar is eager for Trump’s help and is counting on Washington to persuade Saudi Arabia and others to back down: As streiff has pointed out, Israel appears to be a winner in the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its neighbors. But Iran also seems positioned to benefit from the crisis: And of course Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to take advantage of the crisis. According to Bloomberg, Russia, which urged talks to resolve the confrontation, is trying to maintain a delicate balance as it has close ties with Qatar and is cooperating with Saudi Arabia to stabilize oil markets and resolve the war in Syria, where it’s also working with Iran. To make the situation even more complicated, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also backing Qatar. Erdogan, has supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Some ally. President Trump is going to have his hands full trying to resolve this mess. Step one is taking Caleb Howe’s advice. Link to the full article to read more