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David Resnick's avatar

Don’t you love that you get to write the article of the century, maybe even the last two centuries? All because the pigheaded media refuses to do anything that would make Trump look good. I have a feeling that 50 years from now this visit to the Middle East will be the fulcrum to the most important world peace agreement in history.

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Deborah Potts's avatar

The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Shalom seemed present in this visit to SA. And the goodbye between the two men was remarkable

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Mary Fisher's avatar

Wow! Thanks for sharing this! It’s amazing how the American communists portray Donald Trump as a tactless brute (though everyone loved him before he ran for president), when he is an incredible diplomat.

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Nancy Parsons's avatar

Trump just replaced the Monroe Doctrine and its evil globalist spawn with goodwill and common sense. I never thought I'd live to see the day! Thanks for covering it so well, John!

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Michael Srite's avatar

In 1785, when The East India Company controlled a vast empire, its London office operated with a permanent staff numbering 159. The Pentagon probably has more than that in the motor pool.

(thanks, Grok)

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Art4arts_sake's avatar

That was a _very_ moving speech. Obviously not written by the Donald, but satisfying to know our president wants to change direction. Secret service, be vigilant!

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DS's avatar

"I believe it is God's job to sit in judgment, and my job is to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace."

Well said, Mr. President!

The man knows his place in the world, as well as His place in the world. God will judge the righteous and the wicked. Praying the Saudis find out sooner than later that righteousness is through Christ alone (Romans Ch. 3).

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

. . . it is good to pray and hope but

not so good to hold your breath. . .

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suannee's avatar

Good advice.

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working rich's avatar

There is no comparison between the Donald And FJB. The Donald is a world leader. FJB was a feeble tool of the elites.

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nonwo's avatar

His words ring shallow as he funds Israel to commit one of the biggest mass slaughters in history in Gaza. No mention of the atrocities Israel is engaged in. A fake “disagreement” with Waltz and snubbing Netanyahu means nothing, look what happened with Zelensky.

All talk.

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

Take your TDS meds regularly, they work better.

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nonwo's avatar

Hasbara, is that you?

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Party of 1's avatar

DJT's lovely words would mean more to me if Middle Eastern non-interventionism included the end to providing funds and arms to the biggest aggressor in the region. His lovely words would mean more to me if the pursuit of peace and prosperity in the region included the Palestinians. Do these lovely and unexpected words from DJT undo all of the harm we have done and continue to do? Does it wash away the blood on our hands of those who are still bleeding?

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Curious and Concerned's avatar

Are you paying attention, or just playng old records? He is distancing himself from Netanyahu and most important resisting the call to Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran.

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Guidothekp's avatar

Distancing, not distanced.

After his performance on Tariffs on China, I will not be surprised if he makes a 'deal' with Netanyahu and walks back after ceding ground.

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Larry Kaifesh's avatar

As President Trump would say, Lets See What Happens. It appears to me, there is a strong commitment to do regime change in Iran, ignoring the rosy rhetoric. If this happens, this will complete the plan of regime change or civil war in 7 countries after the inside job of 9-11. Those countries were Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Lebanon and the final one Iran. This is all part of a bigger dystopian plan found here: https://larrykaifesh.substack.com/p/is-president-donald-j-trump-going

I have included a link to an article on the inside job of 9-11 for reference here: https://larrykaifesh.substack.com/p/9-11-a-day-of-treason

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David 1260's avatar

Either you're quite tone deaf, or you picked the wrong day to post a Debbie Downer message. This could possibly be a turning point in Post-War U.S. History. Or not... As you say, Let's See What Happens.

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Larry Kaifesh's avatar

If you haven't noticed, most everything coming from our Government and Media is a lie. Think 911 (inside job), Climate Change (complete hoax), COVID (a practice run for genocide with a bio-weapon). There is a small group of people running the world and the rest of us are just the audience for their show. I believed like you just a few years ago, but was forced to dig into the truth that is never presented, you have to seek it. You probably thought DOGE was a great idea, I did too ... however, once again, we have been played, here is why, as stated by my friend Patrick Wood: "The first thing Musk did on January 24, 2025, was to fire 17 Inspector Generals (IGs), the watchdogs overseeing federal agencies, including those who were investigating Musk’s companies. Since then, Musk has raided 15 agencies, including HHS, SSA, Treasury, General Services Administration (GSA), the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Labor, and Transportation. None of the promised $2 trillion of savings has materialized.

Essentially, every government leader who has resisted DOGE has been either fired, resigned, or otherwise shoved out.

In the wake of hubris caused by Musk/DOGE, AI has seized control of all our data and given it to companies like Palantir, GROK (Musk’s X.AI), and OpenAI.

The 2 trillion that was supposed to be saved for the 2026 budget, has been reduced to 160 billion that is almost an 85% drop. Now we find out none of that "savings" will stick, because the cuts were only an executive order and it will never be voted on. So USAID and all the other fraudulent spending will begin again next year. To make matters worse, we have spent over 160 billion more to date this year, than Biden did last year. Let that sink in. We have gotten nothing, except more spending, more debt and all our data know being consolidated on large sinister AI databases. Please read my last two substacks on President Trump - I was MEGA MAGA. Sadly, not any longer. This will all come out in the wash, and I wish I was wrong, but haven't seen any proof yet.

If you have time and want to get a glimpse of the real evil I'm talking about, please go to this link: https://larrykaifesh.substack.com/p/globalists-satanists-and-pedophiles

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sifubernie's avatar

He actually said that?????? wow! Great news.

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Jon Swenson's avatar

In general, I agree with the theme.

But you forgot about me Cold War with the USSR.

The Spanish American war was the US attempt at empire. The subsequent rebellion and repression by the US in the Philippines was not our finest hour.

The Cold War justified more meddling and after the cold war, the suppressed groups trying to be free justified more intervention.

Jefferson was correct to send the navy to suppress the Barbary pirates, but it was not an invasion to conquer. It was a punch in the nose to stop it.

Trump is correct to end foreign interference and intervention as long as they leave us alone, we leave them alone.

Jefferson was correct to not want a standing army, but to have a strong navy. Today we need a strong defense: navy, missile defense, etc., and have an industrial base to build more if needed.

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Stephen Due's avatar

The standing army is a big 'no no' in democracy. In Australia when I was growing up, we never saw a soldier except at occasional memorial services or in marching bands on special occasions. We saw plenty of policemen (NOT women) and they bever carried arms. Never. Since Covid, our police in Australia have been heavily militarised, and are always seen carrying firearms - even on beach patrols (apparently to protect themselves from people in swimsuits). In the old days the uniform was all they needed to exercise authority. But now they are basically a standing army in their own right, and are supported on occasion by the military. The reason this escalated during Covid is that the state governments had decided to use armed police to enforce lockdowns - even a curfew here in Victoria. Once you have a lethally-armed standing force controlled by the government, your liberty is GONE.

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David O'Halloran's avatar

I lived for a decade in Saudi Arabia and loved it. Our children where born there. Great land and great people. Who wrote that speech? Spot on. Well said. I am starting to think that President Trump might just be that once in a thousand year leader capable of changing the big picture for the better. The picture of me on this post was taken in the desert in Saudi Arabia.

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Commoncents's avatar

That speech had the best content of any speech 47 has delivered.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Pres. Trump's "noninterventionism" speech has the potential to be used against him and VP Vance when they press the UK and Germany on their criminalization of free speech. To not intervene means to not move those 'allies' back to our shared values. Very easy for the censorious leaders of those 'allies' to tell Pres. Trump and VP Vance to butt out of their speech laws, "noninterference, right?" He just kneecapped his own administration with respect to that.

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

Wow, you could be President with all your knowledge.

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Freedom Fox's avatar

I see you nailed down Town Dunce!

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Justin. Hart's avatar

I believe in President. Trump and his philosophy of peace through strength ! Commerce not chaos ! And hope instead of fear.

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