I have no idea.
The rest of the world is running away from shithead countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and especially China yet we're desperate to strengthen ties and secure trade agreements with them.
Peace is breaking out in the Middle East (thanks for making that look easy Trump, I'll be questioning why the hell no other President did that for the rest of my days) and our government is still trying to figure out where they stand on Hezbollah and whether they should endorse BDS or not.
The government seems to be in a pattern of scorning our friends and bending over for our enemies.
It's bizarre.