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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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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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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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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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Larry'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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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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sifubernie's avatar

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

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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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ArnoldF's avatar
1dEdited

Islam is the spiritual power behind Mecca and Saudi Arabia. Business and glittering gold tokens of trust is not going to defang Islamic global intentions at ruling the globe and us as well. Their version of the 'long-march' through the nations continues unabated. This dalliance with them must be viewed in light of Islamic ideology which is built upon 250 million murdered in the name of allah across 1500 years.

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lawrence greenberg's avatar

Thank you for your post. I was going to post roughly the same thing. No matter how nice they may speak and interact with everyone else at any given moment, the ultimate goal of Islam and its followers remains the same today as it was when it was created out of thin air 1,400 years ago: conquer the world, kill anyone who gets in the way, and turn the survivors into slaves.

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John's avatar

Wake me up when Trump closes all 800 USA bases down that no-one in these countries wants. Bullies need the means to bully but peacemakers don't. Actions not words are what God wants to see from Trump including Trump loc king himself and Fauci etc etc etc up for poisoning half the planet with Warp Speed "vaccines" that were actually produced under Obama years before. Warp Speed was in your face hype to scare people into taking poison.

God is the God of reality not the God of pie in the sky nonsense pushed by the criminals posing as the saviours from their own crimes.

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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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Mary W Maxwell's avatar

Dear John Leake, I usually agree with you but not this time. I do give credit to whoever wrote Trump’s speech, for trying to mis-describe the march to high tech as a good thing. It is not a good thing. The centralizing of profit is not a good thing. The local marketplace is a good thing. Once we cross into centralization, all human valuing-of-self, and of work, goes downhill. Bring back the Sherman Anti-trust Act! Oh, it’s still in force? Just gets pushed aside? Oh, who’s in charge of that?

As for Arab culture, I lived in Arabia from 1988 to 1993 (the UAE). I found their culture to be -- wait, are you ready for this. Are you sitting down? Seat belt fastened? A martini close by in case this is too hard to take? I found it better than ours. Individuals more respectful of one another. Sure, I know, they overlook women. OK, I had to get my man’s permission to own a driver’s license. That needs fixing, but such things are fixable.

A possible reason for Trump to go all kissy-kissy with Qatar is to be anti-Jew. This is a secret plan that has been on the cards for a long time. See Philip Roth’s book, “The Plot Against America.” Or see my take on “the plot against America” right here at Substack. You’ll need two martini’s. https://maxwellm.substack.com/p/its-kill-america-day

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