Dealmaker and Peacemaker. President Trump participates in a signing ceremony with the emir of Qatar. Their mutual friendship was on full display as they signed several agreements.
The first agreement was an “agreement of buying aircraft from Boeing,” which was signed by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg for the United States. There were no additional details disclosed; however, President Trump later touted it as Qatar’s largest order in Boeing jet history and congratulated Kelly.
Next, each country’s defense secretary signed a number of agreements between Qatar and the United States, one of which was a deal for Qatar to purchase new MQ-9B drones. The U.S. gave initial approval for that purchase in March (let’s hope those drones don’t end up in Ukraine flying into Moscow). Lastly, the president and emir signed a joint declaration of cooperation between Qatar and the U.S. WATCH:
After the signing ceremony, President Trump remarked that it had been an “interesting couple of hours” in which they discussed the Russia-Ukraine war and Iran, expressing gratitude for Qatar’s “great help.” President Trump is hopeful the meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin in Turkey will result in a ceasefire. President Trump has dispatched Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with emissaries Steven Witkoff and Keith Kellogg to play good cop-bad cop.
Why Does Qatar need MQ-9 Reaper Drones? S – please expand. Will Qatar be defending themselves or part of an offensive footprint ?
To pass on to Yemen.
To pass on to Iran.
Obozo already “donated” our drone tech to the ayatollaholes.
Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
More secret than the MQ-9
Z-Bag.
CIA Forever Wars. USAID was shut down.
kuh-BOOM
Or was USAID shut down. A lot of the corrupt contracts cancelled by DOGE were re-instated almost immediately.
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I understand that Donald Trump now is running this country as if it’s a business. I am worried, however, that bolstering Muslim countries ultimately could strengthen Islamic jihad and their caliphate ambitions. So I’m not sure how I feel about this.
There are interim global power/alliance benefits. But… in the long run? Someone please tell me I’m wrong.
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There has been unremitting warfare in that region since 1948, at least. Let’s try this way; amicably.
War since 1948? Nah…maybe since 700 AD.
Humor me for a moment…
I know you addressed this to Sundance so I’m really replying to the snarky responses.
I don’t know if we can trust Qatar or not. Don’t know if Trump’s team may have negotiated some secret pact with Qatar. I do know the DS can’t be trusted and Trump got snookered before (Covid response). But Trump and his team are also very smart people.
Remember the exploding pagers that Israel placed amongst Hamas? That brilliant move was planned months in advance. And they patiently waited until the right time to use that option.
What if these Reapers have a dual purpose?
They could be used constructively by our allies. Or programmed to only work in the Middle East (not Ukraine or Russia).
BUT what if they knew these weapons were going to end up in the wrong hands (Houthis, Hamas)? They could be detonated remotely by the USA.
Wouldn’t that be cool!
Are you kidding?Qatar has been funding terrorism for decades…Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS! They’re responsible for October 7th! Qatar is a terrorist slave state who has infiltrated America’s schools with their “Choice Program.” Both K-12 and higher education have been infiltrated. They have 500 billion to one trillion on hand to affect changes in our youth by teaching them lies. Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood are in bed together.
FOLLOW THE MONEY:
https://isgap.org/follow-the-money/
The Israeli pager op was effective because they managed to get the modified pagers into the supply chain of a trusted Hezbollah supplier.
Bingo! Thank you.
Then the second part would apply. Did you read the whole thing or just react? We could just as easily detonate while those were in Qatar if necessary.
🤦🏼♂️
I weaned off hopium after J6.
True, but it feels so good that I want it.
Never inhaled the hopium personally.
I believe in God and creative thinking.
Shhhh
I’ve had that thought about the big jet. Could the systems be bugged, disengaged..rigged.
had similar thoughts, dual purpose; also
Donald Trump, the citizen, is famous for having personal contacts deep within seemingly impenetrable walls so am sure he is not unaware of the tentacles of use various agencies have within Qatar so am going to not get upset one way or the other regarding these deals being inked as it has occurred to me
the end point of all these interactions is to see the bad guys, the jihadi elements among them, become isolated by the middle eastern nations as we see (again, in my imagination, and no, not hopium) all these nations join into the Abraham Accords – which I believe is the ultimate goal of this entire trip.
So am willing to not get distracted by the panican mindset. Let’s see what this next 100 days in office brings about.
“Will Qatar be defending themselves…?” Don’t know why they would.
My grandson, an Army sergeant, served a tour in Qatar a couple of years ago–he was responsible for a Patriot missile battery group that was–yup–sitting there to defend Qatar.
Everything American (of any type of equipment, service, or money) cam be brought back, placed within the borders of the United States, left there, kept there….and our military can guard our borders, and militarily destroy anyone who threatens either our borders or our interior. Their destruction can be managed at our border or on their home ground from the air. Doesn’t matter which.
Shhh
President Trump just gave Qatar military drones etc. to kill we the people of the United States. The uniparty are thrilled.
Uh, this isn’t America First; this is a death wish…..pandering to our enemy.
Please someone explain this to me as if I were a 2 yr. old.
It makes me sick to see President Trump sidling up to the pro-terrorist Qatar leaders. Flying around on their plane? And now arming them? WTH? Someone please explain this. Has President Trump been kidnapped and we are seeing a body double?
I like it.
So they can send one to Iran to be reverse engineered so the allies of Iran can shoot down, jam, or whatever even more more of them next time? So they can be cloned by China?:
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
April 24, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/houthis-us-warships-red-sea-e6e97a7131c48640ccf74b1916628234
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TheLastRefuge
@TheLastRefuge2
Qatar is the bank for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Qatar funds Al Jazeera.
The leaders of Hamas all lived in Qatar
When the five Islamic leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood were exiled from Egypt, they fled to Qatar for safe haven.
Qatar was used as the broker for CIA missiles into the Libyan resistance (Benghazi operation “Zero Footprint”); later those missiles were rediverted and shipped to Syria for al-Qaeda to use; ultimately becoming weapons for ISIS.
When the Bowe Bergdahl deal was made, the five terrorist leaders left Gitmo and went to live in Qatar.
Qatar was given the $10 billion from the Iran sanctions to hold and release.
When the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain) needed to confront Islamic extremism, they confronted Qatar for financing all the extremism. The Muslim Brotherhood leaders were forced to leave Qatar; they went to Turkey.
Qatar funded The Brookings Institute, which in turn funded the Lawfare operation against President Trump.
Pam Bondi was a lobbyist for Qatar.
Qatar is, for all intents and purposes, the main supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The U.S. military base in Qatar is paid for by Qatar (70 to 80%). The only thing we pay for is the military troop payroll.
Listen again to the fluent “American” linguistics of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. The entire government of Qatar is part of an elaborate and cooperative CIA operation.
No other explanation reconciles the dynamic.
10:48 AM · May 14, 2025
The entire government of Qatar is part of an elaborate and cooperative CIA operation.
So, Donald is trying to make friends with the CIA so they don’t nick his other ear?
Maybe just maybe it’s because there is a killswitch or the tech will be obsolete soon?
I like your “nick” comment 🤔
“So, Donald is trying to make friends with the CIA so they don’t nick his other ear?”
I have been thinking the same thing.
Not necessary all he needs to do is go along with the program.
Which to date he hasn’t.
dibs: Because the shieks love expensive toys.
Its 21st Century falconry, which has always been popular amongst arab elites.
Excellent analogy Dutch, you never cease to amaze…🫡
“The first agreement was an “agreement of buying an aircraft from Boeing,” which was signed by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg for the United States.”
Ortberg got an $18.4M sign-on bonus from the Boeing board last fall to become CEO. Must be nice having PDJT as your top salesman, while you pose as “earning” your bonus.
Agreed. Hunter Biden should have been the bagman, instead…
Did the Biden Crime Family get its customary 10%?
How you know who got the best of the $1.2 Trillion trade deal:
Trump smiles…
While Qatar gently weeps 🙂
Brrump-pump
China’s ag purchases never materialized in Trump 1.0 term.
Just sayin.
Because China did not honor the deal/agreement.
What? China did not honor an agreement!?
*in my best Gomer Pile voice*: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
Outstanding as always!
By George I think I’ve got it!
The Qatar deal is part of the CIA becoming independent of US oversight. You could fire the entire CIA but they would still exist in another realm.
It seems prudent at this point to ask exactly what is the CIA now, where is it, how do they administratively operate, and how much money (access to resources) do they have? Another question is without the crown would the cia still exist?
It would surely be less . . . meddlesome.
Topple the Crown
Free the World
Who really leads it?
Spiritual wickedness
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
KJV
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: [4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Ephesians 2:2 KJV
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians 6:12 KJV
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Who is in charge of the clattering train?
Who would sign their paychex? Asking for a friend…….
From a laywoman’s perspective it seems the CIA has been shielded from US oversight from its inception because what they do is not in compliance with the Constitutional Republic by the nature of their mission to operate clandestinely and separately from the visible governance of Congress.
It is becoming clearer that dark money from lucrative underground drug and human trafficking fund the unaccountable functions of the real globalist NWO, the CIA, should it ever come out of the shadows.
That’s my nightmare.
I pray that’s all it is.
Deployed to France, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK but NOT Israel? WTF?
Most likely, Israel got the plans and developed their own, like they did with our sidewinders, patriot missiles, and tons of other stuff.
You’ve got the sequence of those who developed the those “plans” and “tons of other stuff” precisely backward.
Unless you’re thinking in Hebrew, reading from right to left.
Not sure about that. And who of course are real Hebrews? And who are the imposters.
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yucki: Correct.
Israel has unfettered access to F35s.
Whatever Israel doesn’t have, is only because Israel doesn’t want/need it.
Interesting. No mention in the media that Qatar is still housing Hamas leadership.
Hamas leadership was supposedly asked to leave Qatar and are now instead in Turkey.
“Complicated business” all around.
The countries that the president is visiting have so much money but the charities appealing for help in Gaza are all appealing to the West. It would cost these countries chump change to rebuild Gaza and set up a safe neutral territory so why are they not helping their fellow Muslims?
Because those fellow Muslims are useful idiots. If they solved the problem of hostile arabs sharing a border with Israel, then what would they use to attack Israel with? They’re too scared to do it themselves.
Perhaps they do not wish to have their comfortable and secure boats rocked by the Prophet’s rabble. There is no reason to believe that Islam differs from Catholicism and Protestantism, and is free of corruption in its leadership.
Amen
53 Billion…..💁♀️🤷♀️
Lot of articles out there about it
for quite some time. This is just the
latest.🤷♀️
What is Egypt’s $53bn plan for Gaza reconstruction? | Middle East Eye
Arab League Agrees to $53 Billion Gaza Reconstruction Plan | Democracy Now!
Which actually translates to…..
Let the Arab League spend their
money….and not the US taxpayers 👏👏
$53B !
That’s the exact sum of Harvard’s endowment estimate, as of yesterday!
Some message in numbers?
They have been talking about it for quite
some time. this is latest…..
53 Billion….🤷♀️💁♀️
The Arab League Proposes an Alternative Gaza Reconstruction Plan | Institute for Palestine Studies
March 24, 2025
What is Egypt’s $53bn plan for Gaza reconstruction? | Middle East Eye
They probably would if Gaza were made a Palestinian State. They certainly aren’t going to give the money to Israel to rebuild Gaza.
They want nothing to do with the Gaza people, they are troublemakers.
Does Kellogg know he’s the bad cop?
Qatar funds Hamas i dont get this being friends at all
That’s the corporate world…deadly enemies in one project and best buddies in another project.
Or Prosecutors and Defense lawyers, at each other’s throats in the courtroom and going for a beer at the local tavern, after court.
You nailed it, Aggiegirl.
I mean, so does the Israeli government …
I don’t remember Middle Eastern countries playing the US national Anthem for presidential visits so much in the past. Have they?
I don’t remember Middle Eastern countries playing ‘Y.M.C.A’
for presidential visits so much in the past. Have they? 🙂
That was funny it was like POTUS was at a rally they opened the forum with
“God Bless the USA” and ended it with YMCA ..
Qatar’s band did a bang up job with our National Anthem. But the Saudi band…. well, maybe a bit more practice.
Is Trump positioning credible thorns in Russias side should they not negotiate in good faith? A freeing up of Syria, leverage with the Saudis regarding OPEC? Investment restrictions through the UAE? Now it’s out that Lula is pressuring Putin to show up in Istanbul
Why wouldn’t Putin show up since it was his idea in the first place.?
I thought so too but there’s been a lot of word play saying Putin never said he was going.
That was the initial statement, but in the last 72 hours there have been conflicting messages coming from the Russian Federation. At present they are unwilling to confirm yes or no.
At this point, and I’m no fan of UKR. The Russians are also looking unserious about negotiating
They don’t need to negotiate, they’re winning. Just like Tyson didn’t need to negotiate when he was beating the daylights out of someone.
Putin is trying to help Trump get out of this mess. He’s one of the few left in Russia who still want to have a positive relationship with the US.
The only?
So very highly doubtful.
The Medvedev tough guys are becoming stronger all the time. The oligarchs joined at the hip with the West are at an all-time low.
I know they’re winning. I’ve been keeping up with the war for years. But Putin hasn’t done anything for Trump.
He’s talked quite often about multipolarity. He has a golden opportunity to get there with the help of the US. He could easily achieve RU goals in ukr at the negotiating table.
President Putin needs President Trumps help, and vice versa, to defeat their shared, commom enemies; the Globullusts behind the Deep State in all Western Democracies and behind the CCP, as well.
Neither President Putin nor Trump can prevail individually, its only by working together that they have any chance.
Zelensky just wants Putin there so he can snub him in front of the whole world. Imho.
Indeed.
His worst performance ever.
There would be no encore.
You’ve got it.
Something off with video. Manipulated with cameras and/or lighting. . Start at beginning. President Trump is blurred around mouth and face, changing shape of mouth. Other guy not blurred. Most would mot notice unless stilled video to click on did not catch at point where one would think it looks like he had a stroke, and then looks close at video to prove, of course not so. Only when look, blurry and/or altered at mouth to never rule out. There will be more of these as headlines increase like the one nailing Wray for lying about Biden’s health. Not even gonna put a tin hat on for this one since still in memory the camera creation and photo releases, for years, of Orange Man Bad.
Digestive….my first thoughts…’what’s wrong with his smile?’ In the picture above, I was looking at POTUS right side of mouth and face…or our left as we face the picture…lopsided smile and a very slightly flattened nasolabial fold…bad angle, distorted picture? Or old small stroke?
Not small stroke. Not a stroke. Obvious indications.
Video artifacts turned health crisis.
How cute.
Reaching.
Pushing.
I was just adding to the comment, using my “critical thinking” skills….(ok I will see myself out…)
Hard to resist tangents.
Even when they are off ramps.
With today’s tech of “Deepfakes” everything is suspect when viewed on screen and not with your eyes. Perception is everything 🖖🏻
To add, if small stroke how come all is well later in video when PDJT is talking. Poof! Back are his own lips and mouth with no indications of stroke. Actually a facinating video.
“Interesting couple of hours”…
I bet they were.
There is much much more going on which we are not privy to; and given what we know of Qatar, it does leave not just one Suspicious Cat, but a clowder of them.
Nothing for it but to wait, see, and hope VSGDJT has arranged safeguards in these deals against the historically volatile, unstable nature of the Middle East and its rulers/impermanent leaders.
Someone has to try to bring these countries to a new, less confrontational way of thinking, showing by actions (deals) rather than the usual boilerplate IC faithless words how they can prosper.
Who better…
Pray for this while we wait.
👉This M.E. trip by President Donald J Trump is him showing he’s the ONLY one that’ll be calling the shots. It’s not going to be the IC “forever wars” traitors.👈
Little by little each thread is being unraveled.
Qatar is a Kitchen Franchise.
👉President Trump is rearranging the kitchen, restaurant, staff and menu. He’s the MAGA owner and is currently fulfilling his oath of office. 👈
The table in the kitchen writes the menu.
The tables in the dining room are on the menu.
👉Well said Maquis 👈
Every time I see this analogy I chuckle because it’s so true.
👊 👍 👍
Perhaps part of the “interesting couple of hours”, Maquis?
These facts are probably not unknown to President Trump.
Oh to be the proverbial fly on the wall…
💀🙏💀
Never cease, dear you 🙏🏻💕
Saying Quatar is CIA is shorthand, and something can be lost in translation.
Having lost USUAID, the Intel agency is wounded and scrambling, far more so because Predident Trump has rolled out this alternative method, that HE controls, for exerting “soft power” i.e. thru TRADE.
And based on the smiles all ariund, the msg was well recieved that the CIA no longer are the dominant voice speaking for the U S.
Completely agree, dutch.
Body language speaks volumes.
There was genuine, relaxed bonhomie between the parties throughout the visits. Especially and perhaps more significantly, after the various meetings.
The times, they are a’changin’.
Betsy…maybe even BiBi….get it too…..
Hostile powers are buying influence on American campuses at an industrial scale. Foreign countries such as Qatar, whose state religion is Islam, and Communist China have poured $29 billion into campuses over the past few years.
That $29 billion figure is more than double the total for the preceding four years, and accounts for half of the estimated $57.97 billion in foreign funding since 1986, when the federal government began tracking the data.
In the last four years, foreign funding of American universities has ballooned. Qatar is the largest funder with China coming in second.
Harvard has historically received the most funding from foreign donors ($3.2 billion), followed by Cornell and Carnegie Mellon (each received $2.8 billion).
“Follow the Money” reports, “Despite receiving large amounts of funding from Qatar over the years, Columbia University has not reported any of this funding to the Department of Education (DOE).
As well, there have been no references to connections between Columbia University and Qatar or Qatari entities in its financial statements.”
https://isgap.org/post/2025/03/new-isgap-report-exposes-anti-israel-bias-fueled-by-secretive-qatari-influence-in-u-s-k-12-classrooms/
Both contributors are ultimately dominated by The City.
It’s Puppets all the way down.
I believe our President is playing the hand he has been dealt. He does not suffer fools and goes into these situations with eyes wide open.
He has no choice, Lindy. Bet he has pre arranged his cards accordingly. And if they don’t work, has others.
Woe betide those who believe they have a full, unbeatable house.
“In sha’ Allah”….
President Trump could not have made this trip with Edan Alexander still being held hostage by hamas. This speaks loudly of the governments that exist in that region and the type of people that President Trump has to deal with if they have the influence to have hostages released.
Pretending is over.
The release of Alexander’s timing was suspect to me…
It was perfect.
The last American citizen hostage, and the rest is not our problem now.
As to Alexander, who was reputed to be dead and was released alive, his physical appearance is perfect for operating as an Arab in Gaza, is it not?
Perhaps he was not so much a hostage as all that, if you accept that the top of Hamas is really run by Mossad.
In any event, October 7 is now done and over, from a US perspective.
The middle east map has changed almost overnight.
No Houthis aiming for US shipping, no PKK aiming for Turkey, Syria welcomed back into the family of nations while pressured to sign on to the Abraham Accords, Saudi Arabia with a modernized economy free from the petrodollar arrangement, free from Al Waleed, and also strongly invited to sign the Abraham Accords, and Qatar apparently under new management.
Get a US-Iran peace deal and wow, we have Peace at Last.
Bev Gvir and Smotrich hardest hit. And probably also, very much, London and Geneva and Basel.
Oh my you make it sound so good
I hope for peace at last
As they say peace peace sudden destruction comes upon them
American F-35 Stealth Fighter, F-16 Nearly Shot Down by Houthis
Embarrassing yes, propaganda of course…
I bet even you could shoot down a jet with a chain fed machine gun if it was coming straight at you.
The fact that not one but two jets where lost overboard is beyond belief, the commander of that vessel should be relieved.
Making Iran a pariah amongst its neighbours was a great part of this trip
At least that was the subtext of the speeches I listened to.
More than possible I might be way off base with this.
But I pray that I am not.
It may be that Saudi and others
are acting as mediators between
US and Iran.
A lot of meetings have been going
on for quite some time…especially
since Biden was installed.😖
Saudi and Iran resumed ties in 2023.
They set up embassies and ambassadors….
💁♀️ 🤷♀️
Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed | CNN
April 2025
Great Expectations: The Future of Iranian-Saudi Détente | International Crisis Group
From the look of the bruising/marks on his arms he might have been tortured. Could have been cigarette burns. Also, they might have fed him a little more so that he didn’t look like a skeleton as with the other guys released.
You are correct that things have changed dramatically in the ME now that President Trump is on stage. Let us hope that it leads to PEACE and PROSPERITY for all 😀
Qatari 2nd amendment; effective self defense in a tough neighborhood.
Good Times!
Here again!
Yes!
I am wondering how much the
Langley IC and ME IC differs in
their information that President
Trump now has!😳
And also, how much the Langley IC
information is now being questioned
by President Trump.🤔🤔
And how much of the Qatar- Langley IC derived
information…5 eyes probably in the mix….
does not match with what was/is happening
on the ground?
Ah…to be a fly on the wall!!
🪰 🪰 🪰
Recall Tulsi’s recent actions,…?
Takes on more significance, when you “see the whole board”.
👊 👏 👍 👍 Yup!
Hoping it is just the beginning!!
Cee It All!
These sort of things, not to mention the bountiful accomplishments already completed by President Trump, completely astonish me. I have known a handful of over achievers in my 81 years, ………. none can hold a candle to this man.
And as I understand it, he’s just getting started.
Amazing. Truly amazing.
What pity that that ‘swords could not be turned into ploughshares’ instead of bombs and bullets. Why or who needs all these weapons(of mass destruction) which America produces?
Asking for my grandchildren.
With all the pageantry of this ME trip…Syria, Qatar, SA….ya know who has been quiet unless I have missed it….Egypt.
Patric,
Tell your Grands, its oon the agenda, for next 3-6 mos.
Don’t muslims hate us? Aren’t we the great satan? Have they changed their minds on that???? Are they just playing us?
👉Every leader is a “player” regardless of religious or philosophical background. Thank God for our MAGA player President Donald J Trump. Godspeed in his endeavors to MAGA for our Constitutional Republic. 👈
Who told you that? Consider your sources…. Mark Levin, David Yarushalmi, Ben Shapiro, et al?
Qatar has hosted American military bases for 30+ years.
Saudi Arabia has hosted American military bases for about the same length of time.
Other Muslim nations in the Gulf area host, and have hosted American military visits or bases for decades.
Does that look like hate?
Its family, then tribe, then sect, then religion and then Persian or Arabian, then Nation.
Its impossible for a western mind of family,God and Country to fully comprehend.
Hard to tell because we pay them quite well to host.
JMO–Whatever deals our POTUS has concocted…they who do hate us, but love and need our money more than they hate us right now.
The people or the governments? It’s important to make that distinction — I’d even say you need to make a distinction between the upper and lower classes.
Governments will do what’s best for them. The upper classes in a society will also do what’s best for them. The lower classes are told what’s best for them; it usually involves keeping them occupied with a grievance not related to their social standing/lack of opportunity.
It should also be remembered that America hasn’t always had a negative reputation in the ME.
“It should also be remembered that America hasn’t always had a negative reputation in the ME.”
In fact, we had very close relations with most Arab nations–until 1948, and it’s been all downhill since then!
Even today, they understand the massive political influence (and money) pressure that is exerted on ALL American politicians by the most hostile neighbor, and understand the difficulty we have in doing the right thing.
President Trump has thumbed his nose at that hostile neighbor on this trip, and in the run-up to it. So, America’s reputation is on the upswing in West Asia.
You’re not so veiled “ Blame Israel” slip is showing. It’s tiresome. It’s unnecessary and I’d like you to provide links to prove the hostile neighbor is the reason our politicians suck.
Israel needs leadership that doesn’t exist to satiate the leaderships bloodlust and desire for other people’s land
If we allow them too
Certainly
YES
Qatar is a terrorist state.
I read his work during the war in the Balkans. It was peerless, superb. I lost track and have just discovered his Middle East opus.
He said he started off as ‘somewhat of a casual antisemite’, then began to go deep. Ruffled sacred feathers, at considerable personal cost.
How Historical and Investigative Research (HIR) came to be…
https://www.hirhome.com/bio.htm
So is Israel.
Exploding phones anybody ?
Sundance, I think you are saying, don’t be fooled by the handshake or the menu. The real power sits in the kitchen.
Even when the host is Trump—someone who once tried to fire the chef—he may still be serving whatever the kitchen decides to prepare.
That MQ-9 deal? It might not be for Qatar at all. It could be the chef feeding another war, with Trump’s name printed on the check.
Is that the point?
Interesting. Stepping in between Qatar and Iran, thereby isolating Iran.
👉exactly 💯 👈
And what other country is also being isolated and sitting this all out?
you can not name it…but most of us knows…….
How many hostage rescues must PDJT perform for us to start asking the right questions?
Iran is allied with…
China and Russia,
and to some extent India.
India Signs 10-Year Agreement to Operate Iran’s Chabahar Port | Iran International
This just happened last month…April 17th
Saudi defence minister visits Tehran before Iran-US talks | United Nations News | Al Jazeera
Alliances, treaties, ceasefires are hudnas – that doesn’t translate to the Sharia-compliant.
PDJT looks very tired.
He should take a few days off and just sleep.
He worked like a dog during the “45” campaign and during that administration and they attacked him with almost everything they had…5 years….
During bribem, he was assaulted by the stress of all those nasty lawsuits. 4 years…
He worked like a dog again during the “47” campaign, with all the rallies etc…And they threw their “best shot” (and tried a second time) no pun intended….and he still kept on…add two more years?
It boggles the mind…
I honestly don’t understand how he does it on so little rest….Mountains of stress…that alone should put him on Mt. Rushmore….he never quit…
With all the negativity we have at times, sometimes I think we don’t deserve him.
And if the rumors are true that he has been prescribed a statin, that would contribute to his tiredness. He should be weaned off of it posthaste.
Since these are high tech items, I sort of wonder if these devices have “kill switches” on them, and are monitored by CIA /USA in top secret military bunkers (somewhere) . It would be TOP Secret detail that we would not tell other countries that buy our military equipment. 🙂
kind of like the “kill switch for cars” that dems want to require for police use (and hackers…) in all automobiles?
Sundance. I think I’m piecing it together PDJT is creating leverage for himself regarding Ukraine (excluding the economic investment already gained on this trip)
Europe has lost credibility. Their sanctions and threats of troop deployments don’t work. Sanctions are toothless because RU has diversified and nobody believes nato will actually commit troops. The plan..
A credible noisy neighbor in Syria (now sanctions free and allied with the west). A friendlier relationship with SA through defense agreements (leverage in OPEC). Peace brokerage in India (big RU oil exporter, and brics member) likely big deal in the UAE (BRICS member again) Qatar buddies in the Muslim brotherhood with big kit unaligned with the US through any mutual defense agreements. (A weakened China which is already feeling the pain of separation from the US economy)
Together a credible isolation of Russia if they refuse good faith negotiations. Leverage.
Frank…we do not have a leverage on Russia…..only Kellogg think…..but he live in the 1991… WORLD..
Yes. 6D chess and a cunning plan. /s
Russia will negotiate when it is in their interests to do so.
My guess is when they have accomplished their goals as they cannot trust the westto honor any agreement.
Nato does not now nor ever has had a legitimate reason to be involved in Ukraine.
So much marble flooring, so many beautiful, fresh, colorful flowers and spotless white uniforms…did I mention the air conditioning?
Perhaps one might stop and ask why Trump is so determined to become a true “Statesman” of the first order?
I propose it may have a great deal to do with that bullet whizzing by the head, clipping his ear. Those of us who have experienced combat certainly know what a “wake up call” means and will never forget when and where our reality greatly changed!
I suggest that bullet was President Trump’s wake up call…and now we are experiencing this “new and improved” man doing his very best as a leader, not only for America, but for all those who seek a better way of life.
Qatar is a problem. A multi faceted Money Laundering franchise of F’ery. Unless the House of Saud has a tumb on that. Not what THS’s thumb capabilities are with their cousins.
Qatar may purchase MQ-9B drones, but can they operate them without US geo-spatial info, etc?
Islamic ideology loves to play infidels for chumps. I’m assuming this isn’t the case with these deals.
CIA / Forever Wars.
I’ve heard the phrase ”more money than brains” a few times over the years. Is Qatar an example? Each MQ-9 drone costs about $30 million, according to the Congressional Research Service. The Houthis have shot down at least 16 American drones since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023. 6 of those MQ-9 Reaper drones were shot down by Houthis since March 3rd 2025.If true, how? The Houthi tribe controls about a 1/4 of Yemen. They are not a peer military adversary. Is the USA military tech overly expensive and not overly effective?As of December 2024, the U.S. had 230 MQ-9’s in its arsenal
Hegelian Dialectic.
Both sides played against each other by and for the benefit of a third party.
Why do they need any weapons ?
All countries need weapons. That’s life.
Except CaliforniUtopia.
California has a weapon..Hair Gel.
In 2019 J.E. Dyer, retired Naval Intelligence officer, asked the same question about Qatar’s humongous purchase of main battle tanks.
With tank buy from Turkey, Qatar continues quest to stockpile a whole lot of main battle tanks
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/03/13/with-tank-buy-from-turkey-qatar-continues-quest-to-stockpile-a-whole-lot-of-main-battle-tanks/
PDJT should bring both allaged biden automatic signature machines. Put them on the table with an “out of order due to permitting unauthorized use” placard, and put his pen in front of them when he is finished signing in person.
Istanbul hysteria from media and media personalities:When asked about the agenda of the possible talks between Russia and Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied that “all the talking points are on the table.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov earlier said that Moscow wants to discuss “a sustainable settlement of the situation, first of all, by addressing the very roots of this conflict, resolving issues related to the denazification of the Kiev regime, ensuring recognition of the realities that have developed recently, including the entry of new territories into Russia.” Putin wont be going for a greet and meet.
When Putin announced the meeting
for the Istanbul meeting to be held
on May 15th he said at that time he
was assembling a delegation.💁♀️🤷♀️
I have heard reports that part of
that delegation will include Sergey Lavrov.
Appears that the….Putin to be there is
a demand made by Zelensky….and of course
the propaganda media is spinning it on
full speed 🤦♀️🤦♀️🙄🙄 Losers ( Zelensky)
get to dictate terms and make demands?🙄🤣🤦♀️
Why would Putin be involved in a
PR stunt promoted by Zelensky and
the propaganda machine.?
Stranger things have happened….but
I don’t see this happening.🤣
That’s not how it initially appeared at all before a subsequent walk back
Who knows maybe Putin is throwing off would be assasins.
Maybe he will walk out and make the stooge goblin fill his pants with fear while destroying another of their narratives.
Why Does Qatar need MQ-9 Reaper Drones?
Because they want them and they can afford them. And because they are among our “friends” in the neighborhood.
I’m no weapons expert but in 2025 I’m sure Reapers could be programmed not to function in certain regions based on GPS coordinates.
Bet it’s pretty unlikely they will be allowed to function in places we don’t want them to be used. If that feature doesn’t exist already (overtly or covertly) then we are idiots.
Again there is no meeting planned between Putin and Zelenskyy
Putin announced the meeting to
be held during a press announcement.
He said at that time he was sending a
delegation.
He never said he was going.🙄
That is claim is nothing but
Zelensky/propaganda media/PR spin.
I have now read reports Lavrov will
not be part of delegation.☹️
Looks like we won’t know until tomorrow.
Russian delegation will be waiting for Ukrainians in Istanbul – Kremlin — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Stranger things have happened…just don’t think
President Putin would waste his time.💁♀️🤷♀️ Once an
agreement is reached, he will show up to sign.
I would think Putin would feel it was beneath him to waste his time on the little gnome….
Z-Bag would likely stand him up anyway.
None of his shtick is about negotiating.
It’s all about inflaming his audience, selling lies; wouldn’t get far with PVVP.
Putin seems at this point unwilling to even sit down with Trump. If we’re going to be honest about all of this Putin is culpable in keeping this war going, even though he’s not as deranged and delusional as z.
They have a real chance at normalizing relations with the US but are playing a bit cute.
I don’t see it that way at all.
I think we’ve been too focused on peace at any price.
If Peace is the Prize; the Treaty must not be a second Versailles.
That’s fair. But we don’t actually get there unless Putin is willing to meet with Trump. It’s a short window while he’s in office.
Trump has made quite a few diplomatic overtures towards Putin. Putin on the other hand had done very little. I suspect there’s been the back and forth through Witkoff.
But Russia recently through officially participated of NK troops on their side, and through continued slow walking to even hold meetings is beginning to discredit itself as a party seeking multipolarity, if they were why would they be slow walking even the process of talking
They are talking, quietly, privately, as we try to earn some trust.
Nobody has offered a proposal that respects Russia’s purposes in the SMO.
PDJT hasn’t been able to demonstrate that he can rein in the kitchen, try as he may have; PVVP can’t be faulted for not capitulating to such a weak hand.
First step peace on Russian terms with 404 country..second step YALTA # 2 ……..VSGPDJT and VVP will be there but not Kellogg….
Kellogg is a goon who’s role I believe is constantly overstated
He’s a goof.
“Putin seems at this point unwilling to even sit down with Trump. ”
Where did you glean that from?
Peace negotiations are usually between selected delegates, not national leaders…
Leaders usually meet when it’s certain a deal will be done, or after.
Why is it incumbent upon Russia to end the conflict that they did not start shy of achieving their goals ?
Where did you hear that there would be a meeting between Putin and Zelensky?
It was clearly stated by the Russians that they would send a delegation, when they accepted the invitation.
Watch Libya.
No need Hillary already brought them democracy
Let’s hope Rubio gets to be bad cop. He’s been on a roll of getting some much needed stuff done and there’s always that incident at the white house. Hope he doesn’t forget to make Z pay.
Why Reaper Drones? Haven’t a clue. I do think this Administration/Country is about to become unglued when it goes bankrupt. Then national debt in the trillions and growing. A budget that will recognize no real cuts. I understand even USAID funding would be restored. So, WTF was DOGE supposed to be doing? I’m happy the President is happy but I won’t be if he cannot get personally involved in this debt business. One big bill? As in one big pho-king bill that does nothing to trim the budget and/or address the debt? And, further, the no tax on social security isn’t even in the damn bill (as I understand things). Maybe I’m full of it and we’ll all come out smelling of roses.
Both leaders survived assassination attempts.
By the same actors.
I can’t stop thinking about plausible “accountability” and a notorious lack of outrage and concern over Boeing products…
imagine if that crap happenened while Nikki was on board, riding first class on the way to a Tay-Tay Carlyle concert, navigating a drone orgy over Newark/EWR
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/wicker-jet-donald-trump-00349116
Gotta love the bipartisan ankle-biters.
Yep
Wicker’s pretty butthurt over it
The only thing worse than a slimy Democrat is a slimy Republican two-timing subvert
I look forward to the day Trump cashes Roger’s “investments” in for him
If this is true then I can’t understand why the President hasn’t razed its HQ to the ground (figuratively).
If there’s stability in the Mideast, then oil and gas pipelines can be run into Europe, bypassing Russia’s monopoly. Sounds like it could be a bargaining chip for the Russia/Ukraine peace talks, or a carrot to bring Europe around to see things President Trump’s way. Maybe both.
The West, & the Gulf States have been trying to get the oil pipeline through Syria into Europe for about 45 years.
Looks like a job for President Trump.
Buckle up.
Soooooo how are they going to operate their MQ-9B drones over the horizon? At 35,000’ the curvature of the earth limits it to roughly 229 miles and the MQ-9B operates at a much lower altitude. Does the MQ-9B come with a free one year satellite subscription and then an annual fee after the one year is up to use US satellite assets?
Pretty sure they have their own AWACS analogue.
(Poor man’s satellite)
But Sundance has suggested the See-It-All will see those drones get to Z-Bag.
Hired thuggery is the law of the land when Toria, Samantha, and SES goonfare are executing the agenda
All the right people don’t want Trump to follow through with the MAGA agenda
Our little CIA problem appears to be at the top of #47’s “To-Do List” but is being addressed in an unconventional way, where manufactured enemies are agreeable to finding lasting solutions that benefit all parties…
“Hey, Don, I think your dog’s in my yard…he’s foaming at the mouth and attacking my geraniums…what do you want me to do?”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/wicker-jet-donald-trump-00349116
They would probably be closer to an MQ-6 than am MQ-9 after all the goodies get downgraded.
Just sayin…..
Nothing will be down graded … the MQ-9 can carry non-US Stuff (Weapons and Sensors) that is just as effective … making it a fully functional MQ-9 …
Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed, Northrop, BAE, IAI … just to name a few … make the conversions all the time when needed for the right price … just sayin’
I remember back in the day when George Floyd killed himself with drugs that a police station was burned down in Minneapolis as a result. Sundance noted that this particular police station had counterfeit one dollar bills. He said that the cost of making counterfeit one dollar bills exceeds one dollar so why make them? Make counterfeit c notes and make a buck (pun intended).
My reply was that that the counterfeit notes had microscopic wires or may be conductive dies that would light up a radar screen at the right frequency, just like chaff in world war two. In this way, when these counterfeit notes are distributed to criminals throughout the world, you can track them with dollar bills on their person. It really is a brilliant strategy.
How much easier would it be to surreptitiously track a large weapon system like a reaper drone. And, I am sure that there are clever markers on that system that would light up like a Christmas tree under the right circumstances. By injecting these markers into the illegal weapon trade, one can trace their paths and track the shadowy people like one watches ants in an ant farm. Then, you violently zap those people and dismantle these hidden organizations in the shadows, as well. No one needs to know about that either.
Can you imagine the markers in the Afghanistan’s weapons, as well? The weapons that Biden left them. The entire Middle East is simply watched by spy satellites, aerial vehicles, etc. with complete crystal clarity. In many ways, it is exactly like the Israeli hit job in which pagers were detonated remotely. Before the detonation, they were easily tracked.
The jihadis are played like suckers because their approach is basically a Bedouin raiding scheme writ large. They are completely lost in the modern world.
Really, when we imposed sanctions on China suddenly Pakistan kills Hindu tourists and escalating tensions between two nuclear powers is suddenly a factor in the world politics. The Chinese used Pak-India tension as a bargaining tool for tariff relief. This is as plain as day. Does that sound like big, strong Islamic warriors conquering the world or a bunch of third world, ignorant suckers who are easily manipulated and played?
White House: Qatar Deals To Generate $1.2 Trillion In ‘Economic Exchange’, But Wait…
May 14, 2025
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-praises-young-attractive-president-sharaa-founder-al-qaeda-syria-qatar-visit
The MQ-9 Reaper is not a throw away suicide strike drone.
It is capable of carrying a variety of Strike Ordnance as well as a wide variety of RECON and Surveillance Sensors.
Qatar is a hand-off point for money and stuff going to/from: Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, HAMAS and many other points where a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood Operates.
That makes it even more troubling not knowing the end user. It would also be distressing to think this was part of the Price for the just released US Hostage by HAMAS.
Need to pile on by reminding folks: The Clinton-Sorros-Obama gang also do their banking in Qatar … Qatar is also an International INTEL junction point … Would not be surprised if there is a 5-EYES terminal there as well.
So… wait a minute (record scratch)….
Boeing needs between 10 to 20 years and -$4b to provide the US with AF1… a time frame that is so long that Qatar recently offered the US a 747 for conversion in the meantime… and now Qatar signs a deal with Boeing for 160-210 (reports vary) aircraft?
WTF?
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Rod D. Martin
@RodDMartin
🚨BREAKING: Trump’s $1.2T Qatar Deal – The BIGGEST deal in US-Gulf history.
I’ve got details that’ll blow your mind…
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