Trump Says Kuwait, Other Countries Ready to Join Middle East Deal

WASHINGTON—President Trump achieved briefly on Friday with the chief of Kuwait and afterward claimed the compact Gulf Arab state would soon develop into the subsequent state to normalize relations with Israel.

Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti emir, didn’t converse to reporters, and the Kuwaiti Embassy in Washington didn’t right away answer to a request for comment on Mr. Trump’s assertion.

“They…