In first overseas trip, Trump must show he's ready to take on key global issues
President Donald Trump departed the White House on Friday to embark on his first foreign trip as commander in chief, a nine-day tour including stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Vatican. We asked professor John Portz, interim chair of the Department of Political Science, to examine the global significance of Trump’s visit to the symbolic homes of the world’s three Abrahamic faiths.