Banning Muslim Brotherhood to placate Trump, Jordan in a dangerous path

Hussein saw the Brotherhood as a safety valve, defusing anger in the nation at a time of big conflicts. It also had one asset he cherished: the Brotherhood straddled the Palestinian-Jordanian divide within the kingdom. The reasons for placating Trump are powerful. Jordan is among the world’s largest recipients of US aid, which Trump has already once threatened to cut. Trump also selected Eric Trager, a hawk on Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood, as Middle East adviser on his National Security Council (Read more at Middle East Eye).