'Tightrope' in Washington

- Washington King Abdullah should this week in Washington tightrope. He is in the United States to meet with the ministers and policy makers of the new government of Donald Trump. Which has in recent months in a number of issues that are important to Abdullah, statements that are harmful to Jordan involved.

The king must try to get the government to change its mind without compromising the dependent position of Jordan in danger. It is intended that the king's new president Thursday encounter at the National Prayer Breakfast, though it is not clear whether the two will also have a real maintenance. For now Abdullah had to do Monday with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Minister Jim Mattis.

Discussions were enough. The travel ban Trump last week instituted for refugees from Syria will affect the domestic situation in Jordan, where 650 000 Syrians have found temporary shelter. Trump's desire to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem could lead to unrest in the west bank and among the Palestinian population of Jordan.

The anti-Muslim attitude Trump also affects the political situation in Jordan, which is already threatened by the IS active in neighboring Iraq and Syria. Abdullah, who is not always good could manage with Barack Obama, wants to steer Trump but will realize that the entertainer-businessman is late send anyone.