Under Trump, the US and Jordan are the best of frenemies

Jordan’s relationship with the United States is a tale of two cities. On the one hand, security cooperation between the two countries is excellent. Thousands of U.S. troops are deployed in the Hashemite Kingdom, with King Abdullah II rebuffing Iranian demands to expel U.S. military installations from the country. Shortly before the Iran war began last February 28 and during its first weeks, the United States transferred many of its soldiers from Arab Gulf countries to perceived safer areas in Jordan. In September, as Jordanian soldiers conducted a large training exercise with U.S. forces, CENT