Good indications for continued progress toward peace in the Middle-East. President Trump has called for a 2:00pm press conference (not previously scheduled) following an oval office meeting with Amir Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of the State of Kuwait.
This could be yet another partner announcement in the normalization of relations with Israel. CTH predicted Kuwait would be next. It would make sense for Kuwait, Oman and Sudan to come next in the process before the heavy -and more complex- nations (Qatar & Saudi).
Protocols and pageantry are culturally very important to the Arab nations and they have a long history of using pageantry as part of political celebration. According to Kuwait news and the White House President Trump is awarding the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His son is receiving the award in a private ceremony.
This honor will be received very well by Kuwait as a recognition of their importance in the region. It is a good diplomatic and strategic move. The Legion of Merit was last awarded by a U.S. President in 1991.
WHITE HOUSE – Today, President Donald J. Trump is awarding the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait.
A leader in the Middle East for decades, the Amir has been a truly unwavering friend and partner to the United States. He provided indispensable support to the United States throughout Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the Defeat-ISIS campaign. The Amir is also an unparalleled diplomat, having served as his nation’s Foreign Minister for 40 years. His tireless mediation of disputes in the Middle East has bridged divides under the most challenging circumstances. The President is very pleased to award this honor to his dear friend, the Amir.
The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, is a rarely-awarded, prestigious decoration that can only be bestowed by the President, typically to chiefs of state or heads of government of other countries. The honor was last awarded in 1991.
The Amir’s eldest son, His Excellency Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah of the State of Kuwait, will accept the award on behalf of the Amir in a private ceremony. (link)
….”Complicated business folks, …complicated business”…
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But, but, but. what’s his name, Lurch said this could never happen. NEVER.
Isn’t that the guy who is honored at the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum in Saigon for helping the Vietnamese Communists?
And in a museum in Iran for helping them unload cash from pallets delivered to them illegally in the middle of the night. It would seem he came as a package deal with the cash.
The sad clown.
Yeah, he is such a party pooper
I have a feeling that “Lurch” lurched left a little too much and toppled over!
Oh, but who will pickup his girly bicycle for him?
Oh, dear…you really had to bring that vision up again, didn’t you?
It took me years to wipe that vision away. Now I have to start all over again.
Maybe a run or two on the Trump Roller Coaster will get rid of it. ?
Can you imagine that husband of the Heinz heiress riding a girly bike……
Trump Roller Coaster, I’m coming.
And I almost said in his girly jeans too.
No telling how many times you’d have to ride the roller coaster after that. Thank God I didn’t say it. 🙂
I am sure he has a plethora of willing supplicants more than eager to do the job.
While nearly EVERYONE in the WORLD is trying to take POTUS DOWN >>>> He’s BUSY SAVING THE WORLD !!!
Think about that !!!
Calm down, this is what makes Trump legend. Only one man can be the winner in the game “King of the Mountain”. Most who try will be slain by tweet. The rest will fall upon their own sword…
Bertdilbert,
Greatest comment ever! Made my day……oh to be living when our President Donald J Trump is King of the Mountain!
Qatar is closely aligned with the Muslim brotherhood, Turkey, and Hamas. It seems unlikely they’d sign a peace deal with Israel.
Wait for it….. Isolation changes the dynamic
An entire region in strategic alignment. The exchanging of embassies, and leaving the (so-called) pali’s out in the cold – essentially tells them that their arab brethren are weary of their victimhood. There are bigger fish to fry in order to obtain peace and stability in the region.
The biggest issue with a “palestinian solution” – is Hamas/Gaza. They will NEVER AGREE to any deal with Israel – and will have to be removed root/branch (along with Islamic Jihad group) for there to be any progress on that front.
This also shifts the dynamic for Lebanon/Hizbullah & Syria – with “politically stable countries” being aligned with Israel & the U.S. – and unstable ones being aligned with Russia/Iran/Syria. Turkey moving towards Russia/Iran may require NATO to question their membership (which should have been done years ago).
There’s still a lot of “moving pieces” in this dynamic – but with DJT playing the “our ships must all sail in the same direction” card (nods to Godfather III) – it puts the U.S. in a better leverage position overall…
Ah, the fake “palestinians,” a group of people created for a political purpose. They were to be used as a constant bludgeon against the hated Zionist nation of Israel. The first time in history that “refugees” from war were made a hereditary class and then given their own UN agency to help house, educate and support them. There will never be true peace between Israel and the “palestinians” because that is not their purpose. There are 57 majority Muslim nations in the world and ONE majority Jewish nation in the world. PM Golda Meir once famously said “There will be war with the ‘palestionains’ as long as they hate our children more than they love theirs.” PM Ariel Sharron once said “If the ‘palestinains’ were to lay down their arms there would be peace, if Israel were to lay down its arms, there would be no more Israel.”
Kroesus,
Wow. Sounds just like the (D) party. What a coincidence…
In case anyone is interested, I’ll restate a comment I made elsewhere.
‘A coincidence is simply a revelation. How one chooses to process the revelation, in context, will determine it’s relevance.’
I grew up with both of those GREAT ISRAELI leaders…They always LOOKED out for their country…Most don’t know this but the FINAL 2 terrorists of the 1972 Olympics were killed on a beach in Libya…by Israeli commandos…It is said that there was nothing left!!! Including their hired girls!!!!! One can read the Wikipedia version of Operation Wrath of God. I was stationed in Germany 1972-1972 and was involved with ops where I was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wrath_of_God
God Bless President Trump and to the Arab Leaders for Trusting this GREAT MAN!!!!
That ‘Speech to the Muslim World’ in Saudi Arabia on May 21,2017 is paying dividends now.
Part of that speech contained a reference to the possibility of establishing a Defensive Pact, between the Middle Eastern Nations, similar to the structure of NATO. If I am still alive and Trump is still the President … That possibility is much stronger!
This would be absolutely game changing.
A bit of background… After the US and Russia, Iran and Qatar are the largest natural gas producers in the world. The dynamics of the war in Syria suggest that under the surface, it was really a war over who will control the natural gas distribution into Europe.
The Obama/Muslim Brotherhood/Qatari plan was to have a pipeline running from Qatar, though Syria, and into Turkey and Europe. Obama’s ISIS army failed in their mission to conquer Eastern Syria, as they experienced more resistance than expected from Russia, Syria, and Iran.
Iran’s competing pipeline was slated to run through Syria, into the Mediterranean, and on to Greece and Europe.
Russia’s pipeline runs from Azerbaijan through Syria and Turkey.
Qatar joining the Israeli peace deal would open up the possibility of them building a pipeline that runs through Israel, or more likely, Gaza, which would be potentially much more secure than the Obama-Qatar-Syria-ISIS plan. (Exxon is Qatar’s largest production partner).
UAE and Saudi Arabia joining the deal opens up the potential for massive flow through the trans Israel pipeline, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean (and which was built as a joint venture with Iran to protect against Egypt shutting the Suez Canal in the 1960s).
One can imagine how dramatically this deal will change the region. Hopefully, this will lead to a Middle Eastern NATO, which can defend each stakeholder, without direct military intervention by the US.
Oh my, another distraction…
Nancy? Nancy? Are you there?
MAGA!
Amir Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
I’d like to buy a vowel? An “A”.
only 11 As there, it won’t help you much….. heh heh
The more “A’s” you have, the closer you get to top listing in the phone book.
I’d like to buy two “i’s” – Iran and Iraq.
I thought the sheik was Canadian with all those he’s listed there.
Biden: Look, fat, my bff Obama presented me the legion of merit for going above and beyond in hair sniffing.
I’m Joe Biden and I forgot this message.
Autocorrect. Eh’s not he’s
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome…. 😉
From an EMPLOYER (We the People) to Employee (President Trump) relationship:
WE’RE not PAYING him anywhere near HALF WHAT HE’S WORTH TO THE WORLD !!
And remember… he’s working for FREE!… donating all of his Presidential salary to worthy causes for the nation!! He is truly incredible.
My man…President Trump!
For real laughs, find that video of the greatest warrior the United States has ever produced, John F. Kerry, explaining how nothing will ever change in the Middle East without including the Palestinians and Iran (you tube has it).
Years ago, I was offered the chance to date a woman where later in the conversation it was mentioned she had “been” with super warrior Kerry…whereupon I immediately washed my hands and said “never, no way, not even close…”
President Trump is turning out to be the finest President of my lifetime. I suspect he will cement such a perspective if given the chance to work on our behalf for another four years!
Get out the vote, in person, at a polling station! The second term may be just like the movie “Tombstone” where Kurt Russell says “a reckoning is coming!”
I sure hope so…really do!
well said RJ!!!
Wanna bet the MSM Whores of the CCP only give this a passing mention? Like 30 seconds. Then turn to something more important like Climate Change and how that little Swedish teen retard deserves the Bobel Prize. Um… there was supposed to be an “N” there. I lie.
I thought it was another O, as in Boobel Prize.
Before I finished reading Sundance’s article above, I searched for info regarding “Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander”.
Surprisingly, The Conservative Treehouse was fourth on the first page of results.
Most of the other results were Arabic news sources.
Crickets and silence from America’s leftist news sites.
A “passing mention” is too much to expect from the wilfully blind woefully ignorant.
I thought Qatar would be last because of their involvement in Syria and Yemen (along with others). However, I did hear talks with Qatar have already begun.
SA probably has already agreed. Being last to formally agree may symbolic to closing the loop.
Demonrats and RINOS have shown their ugly faces. They are using ME to milk the cow with their illegal wars. PDJt have shown the fraud. There is a way to secure peace. Thank you, PDJT.
Link for press conference? I can’t find any reference to it except in this post.
waiting on Fox Business right now.
RSBN and FBN are covering it through YouTube.
Asked too soon.
Found it here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
It says “Starting Soon”
Imagine, if you will, how many deaths both in our military and civilians here AND abroad could have been avoided in the past several decades if the Swamp wasn’t so deeply evil and only looking for the unholy dollar. But that’s what evil does. Kill. It’s been amazing how swift and successful working for peace AND the welfare of the USA has been for POTUS…not easy, but looked at from the perspective of useless idiots collecting our money for their own benefit FOR DECADES….stunning.
testing
What about Jordan???
Already done in ’90’s.
Egypt and Jordan already had formal diplomatic relations and peace with Israel. Now the U.A.E. and Bahrain have joined…. Soon there will be many more.
Thanks and forgive my ignorance. Family member lived there for a bit and said the locals loathe Israel. Hopefully, the economic and security advantages of the accord (along with no further annexing by Israel) will cause many citizens of these countries to evolve in their way of thinking.
FWIW. My order: Kuwait, Sudan, Morocco, Chad, Oman — Qatar.
Then the biggy Saudi Arabia! Trump says another 5, maybe six or 7. or Eight?
Here’s some other possibilities: Algeria, and Tunisia to the west. Libya anyone? We broke it [Hillary/Obama], the “peace is the reward” Trump puts Humpty-dumpty back together again! Would be the greatest negotiator eeevvveerr!
Landslide,
Jordan, was the last peace treaty, over 20 years ago.
Jordan’s King Hussein got upset with the “palestinians” way back in the 80’s. After giving the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s (PLO) “chairman” Yassir Arafat a safe haven for years from Israeli justice, the PLO decided in 1982 that it would conduct a coup and overthrow the King’s regime. Syria even got involved dispatching an armored battalion south towards Jordan to support Arafat and his thugs. Frantic, the King contacted Israel who put a squadron of IAF planes in the air along the border with Jordan causing the Syrian armored column to retreat. Less than 5 years later Jordan signed a separate treaty of peace with the Israeli government. Maybe this action showed the evil of the “palestinain” movement and the righteousness of Israel’s position to the King.
sorry that should be 12 years later. Jordan’s peace treaty was signed in 1994.
Can anyone hear that horrible noise? That is the collective sound of the foreign policy establishment grinding their teeth in smoldering fury because Trump is making them look like the incompetent idiots they are.
Janus,
Idiots have an excuse. This was self serving, with forethought. Maintaining the endless foreign entanglements that their Globalist paymasters need. Look squirrel, just saying.
Good news!
I would never expect Qatar to join in since they are a huge supporter for Iran’s way of thinking.
For Saudi Arabia, however, it would make a bunch of sense. The kindling of ISIS to overthrow Syria so they could run their pipeline to the Mediterranean was considered their only option a few years ago. Running it though Israel would be significantly safer!
wildsailor2018,
“Running it though Israel would be significantly safer!”
I had never thought of that huge angle. Thank you.
I would think the clerics of Saudi Arabia a bigger impediment to peace with the hated Jews than any secular group of Suni. The deal struck between the Wahabi faithful and the House of Saud will soon have its 100 year anniversary. The secular governance and finances were given to the royal family and all things Islam were given over to the Wahabists. The Muslim Brotherhood even grew out of the Safi and Wahabi sects.
The man is amazing.
President Trump does not allow grass to grow under his feet, especially not in hot, dry, deserts of the Middle East. Obama and Kerry waited for the “greening” to no avail; it never grew. The only “greening” with which they were familiar was the “greening” of the American “greenbacks” that they sent winging to Iran!
Obama/Kerry/Killery are still waiting for their Arab ‘Spring’…
Is that when the “green, green grass” of home will spring up?
Exactly… If Biden were to somehow win, the Middle East will have to wait until March of 2020 for spring to come around again… To see if the grass will grow with all the manure Sleepy Joe was shoveling last night at his town hall…
oops… March 2021…
Love it! Which is the best manure – horse, cow, sheep, or chicken? Perhaps Democrats will use some of that jack ass manure that they leave in their wake!
What is the likelihood that Clintons, Obama, Kerry got a few baskets of cash out of the plane load of cash to be deposited in Iran? I give it 100% chance.
These traitors were eager to give Iran everything and never walked even while being beat at the table with a shoe and spit on, like the thieves they were.
Dimms have been running a kickback scheme through the State Department for years. It is so successful they have lured many leading GOPe into the web which is why you see such resistance to PDJT. He is turning off the money spogots of ill gotten gains extorted from the Ameircan taxpayers.
MVW, maybe that’s why the Iranians were threatening to expose the U.S.officials that had received payoffs unless the Trump Administration removed sanctions until John Kerry rushed over and met with them to inform them that the Trump Administration Was the wrong group.
Eileen,
Obama, Kerry and Hitlery all spent a considerable amount of time “greening” their own pockets with the American greenbacks! They couldn’t afford to let peace break out and stifle their income, just as they can’t afford to let the truth about the Russian and Ukrainian Hoaxes breakout and limit their freedom to a 6’ by 8’ cell!
Too, too true. So did Biden and his family.
Peace (or the appearance of peace, remember Arafat’s duplicity Mo-style), gives Trump the purchase price of getting out of that blood and treasure sucking sand death trap to nowhere.
Even if the ‘religion of peace’ hardliners are being told ‘faux peace worked for Arafat, we’ll make money in the meantime,’ the US will stop hemorrhaging treasure and the limbs of our finest heroes.
We can then focus on China, the big funder of our crooked, traitorous DC and State pols and idiot Globalist Corps.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Winning, winning, too much winning.
Congrats PDJT. How many Nobel Peace Prizes is that? (Not that it matters).
Stop it, just stop it. I can’t take all this winning! {LOL}
Qatar needs to do a lot of cleaning in their backyard including opening up the bank records so we can see that the Clinton foundation actually moved all the money there.
Check the banks in Iran too.
It was moved there alright. The question is, what has been done with it since it was transferred there? Audit anyone?
Meanwhile the democrats in the house are trying to pass a bill to bans us from calling the Covid the China Flu. And they wonder why their approval rating is in the single digits.
Golleeee, they hate that thing called Free Speech.
By controlling language, they attempt to control thought. No negative thoughts about their benefactors allowed or where the Covid originated.
So looks like Dr. Scott is there but where is Dr. Tony? Did Dr. Tony join Hunter in the “Where’s [insert name here]” book?
Next impeachment: Quid pro quo Trump asking for Assages’ source for a pardon.
We are losing our country to thugs in the streets, murder rates have shot up in our major cities, but what the hey, at least we some kind of temporary peace among countries 5000 miles away.
Oh for Pete’s sake, President Trump can multi-task.
Thugs are running rampant in predominately Democrat cities and states. President Trump offered to help and they declined his offer. Bringing peace to the ME saves countless American lives. Thank God for President Trump.
“Thugs are running rampant in predominately Democrat cities and states. President Trump offered to help and they declined his offer. ”
He is the POTUS and Commander in Chief. He doesn’t need their approval in those states to federalize the National Guard and put down this insurrection that is being waged to overthrow the country. It is sedition plain and simple. It is Trump’s duty to protect and defend this country. It is NOT his duty or oath to use his public office, our country and military, to work for foreign governments and their foreign interests.
“Bringing peace to the ME saves countless American lives. ”
No it doesn’t since the Middle East has zero to do with us. Our military has no business being there as we have no national security interests halfway around the world in the Middle East. It is costing and has costs many American lives by intervening in this region in the first place. The Middle East has nothing to do with this country, our citizens and our interests.
Previous recipient: Emperor Haile Selassie
Wow.
Well I guess only one news station understands the significance…
Treepers… 😉
So, is the President’s plan to completely ignore the Shia nations and only work with Sunni Arabs and Israel? It’s blatantly obvious US is taking sides in the Islamic world and you’re not going to have any real peace by excluding the Palestinians and their benefactors.
Not going to have any peace including them.
Agree. This also has nothing to do with the American people and our country and our security and interests. The Middle East and pace in that foreign region is not our job or conflict and Israel and Saudi Arabia not our countries. We do not pledge allegiance to them. Some of our public servants are illegally using their public office and our country and military to work for the foreign interests of foreign countries in the Middle East and have been endangering our country for years in the process.
This is an interesting development. I don’t know how many of you follow bible prophecy, but here we have the mark of the beast ready to be deployed(mRNA vaccines designed to work with DARPA AI intelligence, 5g and smart phones), yet we aren’t far enough along in the great tribulation for all nations to turn against Israel.
Of course, with the US out of the way all those peace deals might not be worth the paper they are written on. Remember the scripture that says: Babylon is fallen, is fallen! that great merchant who sits upon many seas. Roughly paraphrased, but to me this always sounded like America, a modern Babylon.
Well, the U.S. operates under the Constitution, not the Bible, and Israel isn’t our country so that foreign country nowhere near us isn’t ours to “turn against”. Our country is the United States and no other. And if Trump is signing up our country to underwrite these peace deals then they are DOA with the American people as we don’t pledge allegiance to Israel or any other country. Our country has no business being involved in the Middle East. Our interests aren’t there. Trump ran on getting us out and that is what we voted for. He did not keep that promise.
You have to go back to POTUS TRUMP and FLOTUS Melania’s first visit and meetings in the Arab world in 2017 where he was building the “Freedom Alliance”. In Saudi Arabia. He has been laying the groundwork on this for a long time, as he has with many of the things that are now coming to fruition.
He spoke to all the Arab leaders and told them what needed to be done to bring peace to their corners of the world.
From there they flew directly to Israel which I believe had never been done. Shortly thereafter he said our embassy is moving. Since then numerous countries have begun to move their embassies and to normalize relations with Israel and each other. Many things have changed for the good and many more will come.
Here is one link. I will give you a few more in a sec.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/11/09/tectonic-shifts-the-saudi-alliance-strategy-continues/
I was here when this all happened. I remember the “Drive them out” speech too. What I’m saying is does mideast peace mean the other large Muslim sect is shafted? If so, how can there be peace?
But none of this has anything to do with the American people and our country and that is the only group Trump is to work for. He is not to work for the foreign interests of foreign countries in the Middle East using his public servant office which is our country.
So you don’t think bringing about world peace is in his job description? You prefer war?
No, world peace is not our job and Trump works for us. The United States was founded for, and only belongs to, “we the people” to protect our interests which is our country. Our Founders did not fight for independence from the British Empire to be world police and an empire, just the opposite. Check out the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Non-intervention in foreign countries foreign affairs is American. The Middle East is also not the world and not our region, countries, or responsibility. Where did you get that it was?
“You prefer war?”
Has nothing to do with us. They aren’t our countries or our wars. These are foreign countries with their own foreign histories and foreign citizens and foreign interests halfway around the world, none of which are our history, country, or interests.
I think world peace is the job of EVERY LEADER.
Link to his speech.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/05/21/full-transcript-president-trumps-speech-to-arab-islamic-american-summit
This is excellent on the trip. You can also check out anything at CTH on 21 May 2017 and the days preceding.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/05/21/the-dramatic-pageantry-of-the-arab-islamic-american-summit-video-and-discussion
Joe: … that year
He doesn’t even know what year it is.