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Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has put the fight against immigration back at the heart of his agenda, promising a near-hermetic closure of the southern border and implementing controversial measures aimed at mass deportation of migrants already on US soil.
Nearly 20 relatives of the notorious drug lord crossed the U.S. border thanks to a deal made with the Trump administration.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-05-14T18:25:11.301Z
Yet, according to The Daily Beast, in May, some twenty people close to Joaquín « El Chapo » Guzmán, the former leader of the dreaded Mexican Sinaloa cartel, currently serving a life sentence in an ultra-secure prison in Colorado, quietly crossed the US border, with the explicit endorsement of the Trump administration.
According to the Mexican authorities, the entry of El Chapo’s relatives into the United States was not an impromptu escape. They claim that it was authorized under a confidential agreement between the Trump administration and El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, who is currently incarcerated in the United States. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed surprise at this operation, which was carried out without bilateral coordination.
Yet this same cartel has been officially classified as a terrorist organization by Washington since 2024, a designation established under the Biden administration to broaden the legal means to combat its transnational operations.
While Trump claims an ironclad migration policy, his behind-the-scenes arrangements with drug-trafficking figures are drawing sharp criticism and revealing troubling exceptions.
This blatant breach highlights Donald Trump’s double standards: while he is stepping up mass deportations of migrants, often settled for years on American soil, to third countries or even Salvadoran prisons, he is rolling out the red carpet for relatives of a Mexican cartel classified as a terrorist.
Several days after the revelation of this information, no official explanation had yet been provided as to why Donald Trump had, in May, mysteriously opened the doors of American territory to El Chapo’s family.
As Donald Trump embarked on a Middle East tour marked by colossal deals, including a $142 billion arms contract with Saudi Arabia and a $1.4 trillion, ten-year commitment with the Emirates for infrastructure in AI, Qatar simultaneously gifted him an ultra-luxurious private jet worth $400 million, sparking controversy.
Elon Musk tried to derail a major artificial intelligence infrastructure deal in the Middle East after learning that his startup, xAI, would be excluded from the initiative, CNBC has confirmed.
More discreet, Elon Musk accompanied the President in the shadows, taking advantage of the occasion to forge his own alliances and try to secure strategic agreements for his companies such as Starlink, Tesla, xAI and X.
Prior to Donald Trump’s return to the presidency in 2025, relations between Elon Musk and the Middle East were rather strained. Even though Saudi funds had invested in Tesla and X, friction persisted, notably due to the Khashoggi affair, disagreements over freedom of expression and Musk’s criticism of certain regimes in the region.
Since Trump’s return to the White House, Musk’s relations with the Gulf have strengthened. In April 2025, just before the Middle East tour, xAI bought X in a $33 billion deal, financially backed by Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding and the Qatar Investment Authority.
Although his presence alongside Donald Trump on the Middle East tour was never officially announced, Elon Musk actively worked behind the scenes to advance his own business interests and attempt to short-circuit those of his competitors.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk tried to intervene in a $500 billion deal between OpenAI and Emirati company G42 to build AI data centers in Abu Dhabi. He reportedly lobbied to include xAI, without success, a major setback for the billionaire.
In a more positive turn of events for Elon Musk during his trip alongside Trump, his Starlink satellite Internet service reportedly won approval to operate in Saudi Arabia, strengthening its strategic position within the Gulf technology market.
Musk used the trip to attend the Saudi-American Investment Forum in Riyadh, where he announced his ambition to deploy Tesla’s robotaxis in Saudi Arabia and unveiled Optimus humanoid robots.
By discreetly joining Donald Trump’s Middle East tour, Elon Musk was able to exploit a favorable diplomatic context to advance his interests. Despite a few setbacks, he achieved tangible results, such as the green light for Starlink in Saudi Arabia and increased exposure for Tesla.
US President Donald Trump has been trying for several weeks to reach an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program. But this project now seems to be undermined by Israel’s growing tensions.
As the Trump administration tries to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has been threatening to upend the talks by striking Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities, according to officials briefed on the situation.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2025-05-28T09:36:37.034Z
According to the New York Times, the Israeli president is clearly determined to launch direct strikes against Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities.
Yet Trump has recently given assurances that negotiations are progressing positively, and that an announcement on a deal could be made in the coming days.
However, this diplomatic initiative could clash with the more aggressive stance of Benjamin Netanyahu, who favors a military approach to dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat.
According to the same sources, Israel had planned strikes as early as April, but these were temporarily postponed at Trump’s request, in the prospect of giving diplomacy a chance.
Excluded from current negotiations, Israel is now advocating military intervention, even without US support, believing that Iran is going through a period of strategic vulnerability.
This perception is based in particular on Israeli strikes at the end of 2024, which destroyed several key elements of the defenses protecting Iran’s nuclear sites.