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President Donald Trump announced Friday that he held a conversation with Ali al-Zaidi, Iraq’s newly nominated prime minister, during which he pledged America’s complete backing for the incoming leader.<\/p>

Speaking to members of the press prior to his departure from the White House for Florida, Trump expressed enthusiasm about the development. “With our help, he won, and we want him to do very well. And I told him that the United States is with him all the way. It was a great victory, the new head of Iraq is somebody that we support, very strongly,” the president stated.<\/p>

Earlier this week on Monday, Iraq’s Coordination Framework, which represents an alliance of Shiite political groups, announced Zaidi as their selection for the prime ministerial position, according to a statement from the coalition.<\/p>

The United States continues its efforts to strengthen diplomatic relationships with Baghdad as the region faces persistent tensions and ongoing security challenges.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Trump announced he spoke with Iraq’s newly designated prime minister Ali al-Zaidi, expressing full U.S. support for the leader. The conversation comes as Washington works to strengthen ties with Baghdad amid regional security challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1777656131689.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-fIt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59923,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-offers-support-to-iraqs-new-prime-minister-nominee-ali-al-zaidi\/","url_meta":{"origin":60417,"position":0},"title":"Trump Offers Support to Iraq’s New Prime Minister Nominee Ali al-Zaidi","author":"Admin","date":"April 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Former President Donald Trump extended congratulations to Ali al-Zaidi following his nomination as Iraq's next prime minister by a coalition of Shiite political groups. 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