The US media is fascinated that Egypt and Saudi Arabia aren’t criticizing US President Donald Trump. Witness stories by the Voice of America (“Why Saudi Arabia, Egypt Have Kept Mum About Muslim Travel Ban”), Politico (“Despite travel ban, Arab leaders line up to talk to Trump”) and the Wall Street Journal (“U.S. Travel Restrictions Put Saudi Arabia in a Bind”).

The mindset that brings you these stories suggests a slippery slope to a place where we’re back to a daily recitation of “Egypt’s Latest Outrage” (and yes, that was an actual headline atop an editorial in the New York Times.)

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