It was reported last night that President Trump held a quiet meeting with Saudi Arabia Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in the White House Thursday. This meeting is reported to cover discussions around de-escalation with Iran, the conflict in Gaza and what comes next.
The meeting also comes on the heels of President Trump having a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and work throughout the middle-east region by President Trump Emissary Steve Witkoff and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
(Via Fox News) Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman secretly met with President Donald Trump and other key officials in the White House on Thursday to discuss de-escalation efforts with Iran, multiple sources confirmed with Fox News.
Khalid, also known as KBS, is the younger brother of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
[…] The talks were also reportedly about ending the war in Gaza and negotiating the release of the remaining hostages – whether dead or alive – and about working toward peace in the Middle East. (more)
Previously it was reported by Israeli media that President Trump was working on a comprehensive solution to Gaza that would encompass peace in the middle-east by normalizing ties with Israel, isolating Iran and giving them fewer options for regional instability. Expanding the Abraham Accords provides the diplomatic vehicle for this approach.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on Monday, July 7th.
It is strongly rumored that Syria and Lebanon would soon join the Abraham Accords, with the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining thereafter. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) is a key figure hoping to bring a new era to the middle east absent of conflict and focused on prosperity.
According to Israel Hayom, there was a 4-way call (Trump, Netanyahu, Rubio, Dermer) after the Iran strikes. President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to “fundamental principles in general terms” including:
♦ “Gaza hostilities will conclude within two weeks.” ♦ “Four Arab nations (including Egypt and the UAE) will administer the Gaza Strip, replacing the murderous Hamas terrorist organization.” ♦ “The remaining Hamas leadership will face exile to other countries (possibly Qatar and Turkey), while the hostages gain freedom.” ♦ “Multiple nations globally will accept numerous Gaza inhabitants seeking emigration.” ♦ “Abraham Accords expansion will bring Syria, Saudi Arabia, and additional Arab and Muslim countries to recognize Israel and establish official relationships.” ♦ “Israel will declare its willingness for future Palestinian conflict resolution under the ‘two states’ concept, contingent upon the Palestinian Authority reforms.” ♦ “The United States will acknowledge limited Israeli sovereignty implementation in Judea and Samaria.”
Saudi Arabia was previously on the cusp of signing up to the Abraham Accords, but retreated from the agreement when the Israeli-Hamas war erupted within Gaza. It would not be surprising to see them come back to that agreement with President Trump’s guidance and request.
If we think about the status of Syria, we can clearly see how President Trump has enticed the new Syrian government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa to the peace table based on economic benefits (sanctions removed). In fact there are large billboards all over Tel Aviv thanking President Trump for his efforts in the embattled nation. It is rather remarkable.
Put all that together, and yes there are significant indications well beyond the report by Israel Hayom that something rather remarkable is possible within the middle-east and specifically as they relate to Israel.
With Iran now effectively removed from their ability to antagonize the region, and with President Trump as the enforcer to stop their extremist tendencies, the path toward regional peace seems much more likely. This opens the door for a new era in mid-east politics.
(VIA WSJ) – […] Ms. House compares MBS to the 17th-century Russian czar Peter the Great, and the comparison is apt. Both men are best understood as modernizing autocrats, driven to shake up traditional societies and so enable them to withstand the competition and stress of a rapidly changing geopolitical scene. Like Peter, who built St. Petersburg to serve as Russia’s bridge to the West, MBS hopes that his new city—known as Neom—will make Saudi Arabia a dominant force in technological innovation. And like Peter, who asserted political control over the Russian Orthodox church and personally shaved the beards of aristocrats resisting modernization, MBS has ruthlessly imposed his vision on both religious and tribal leaders skeptical of change.
[…] While earlier rulers took small steps to wean the economy from oil, MBS believes the time for half-measures has passed. Saudi Arabia, as MBS grasped years ago, cannot live by oil alone. But to lessen its dependence on oil, the social contract between Saudi citizens and their government has to change. New sources of revenue, like tourism, will have to supplement oil wealth. New industries, like data centers, will need to be welcomed into the kingdom, and new cities to house them will either have to grow from existing ones or, like Neom, be invented.(more)
If you think about the geopolitics behind much of the global conflict you may identify the U.S, U.K and EU as the historic source of influential instability. In the big picture BRICS was created as an economic hedge against this troubling influence, an alternative alignment of partners.
With U.S. President Donald J Trump challenging and changing the objectives of the ‘western alliance’, and indeed fracturing the western trade markets and the underlying economics therein, a new picture begins to emerge.
A strategic USA political and economic realignment based on peace, growth and independent stability, can unite America, Russia, Saudi Arabia and many emerging economies. However, the old financial guards within the UK, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia will likely fight this geopolitical shakeup.
All of that said, the ‘old guards’ biggest weapon to fight back against a global economic and peace realignment would be their control over the western-developed intelligence networks.
Is that the dynamic we have been seeing?
When contrast against visible recent events, that is a very interesting question to ponder.
Hence, President Donald Trump’s departure from this picture is almost allegorical. Remember, President Trump departed the G7 in Canada just before this entire ‘western-aligned’ crew showed up.
“the social contract between Saudi citizens and their government has to change.”
There is no social contract. The Saud Family Dictatorship is imposed by force on the citizens using USA and England supplied weapons and training to the Saud Family Dictatorship.
In the West we only know what the City of London Banker’s controlled media wants us to know.
Have you or anyone you know been to Saudi Arabia to work?
Can one succeed by merit, for example in technology projects?
Where it started:
The Wall St financed National Socialists (Nazis) were allies of Islam in WWII. The Nazis of NATO-Globalists are also allies of Muslims. A politician from then Macedonia said that NATO was attempting to create a European Taliban in Bosnia/Kosovo/Albania. (They were trying for Macedonia but their military defeated them and captured 17 or so US trainers with many terrorist fighters from the IC created Kosovo Liberation Army)
ISIS in Uniform: The True Face of Syria’s NATO-Installed Jolani Led Regime
https://www.handsoffsyria.org/2025/05/isis-in-uniform-true-face-of-syrias.html
“If you think about the geopolitics behind much of the global conflict you may identify the U.S, U.K and EU as the historic source of influential instability. “
You left out someone, a small middle-eastern country since 1948.
It’s the jooos fault for breathing…..got it
That old saw doesn’t cut it anymore. Disagree with any aspect of Obama’s policies and you were racist. Disagree with any aspect of Israel’s policies or actions and you are antisemitic. They are just masks the Old Guard hide behind.
Yep. All those missiles that fell on Israel, not just during the recent 12 day war, but for years, even DECADES, ignore all that JOOOS propaganda. October 7th, 2023? That was the date the dirty JOOOS attacked the innocent Gazan sheepherds, not a terror attack upon innocent Israel, right? (Besides the JOOOS deserved it!).
Yep, don’t be a fake who calls murdering Arab, Iranian, and so-called “Palestinians”, or their fellow travelers who accuse anyone who calls out their murderous “from the river to the sea” antisemitism for what it is, well, don’t fall for the Jewish propaganda and call them out. They’re the “old guard” (yep, rich Jewish bankers, corporate leaders, and all those other evil ones, are just masks the Old Guard hide behind. Trapper’s got it. It’s all about the JOOOS.
/end sarc, except for the antisemites on this forum
“A strategic USA political and economic realignment based on peace, growth and independent stability, can unite America, Russia, Saudi Arabia and many emerging economies. However, the old financial guards within the UK, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia will likely fight this geopolitical shakeup. All of that said, the ‘old guards’ biggest weapon to fight back against a global economic and peace realignment would be their control over the western-developed intelligence networks. Is that the dynamic we have been seeing?”
Yes. You have it exactly in order. The purpose of the ghost in the intelligence machines is to promote the financial interests of the “Old Guard” above EVERYTHING else, including the national interests of the nations those intelligence agencies are supposed to serve. Race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, are irrelevant. The financiers will sell out anyone, including their own families, communities, and countries, for money. They are, essentially, financialized psychopaths.
Who is this Old Guard? Well, basically, those who control the banks, because they exercise their control of money through the banks. It is all about money. Nothing else.
President Trump has been dealing with these people his entire business career. Everyone in commercial real estate and development does. But 47 dealt with the top floor guys, the real blood-letters, vampires.
The war in Ukraine will not end until the interests financing it can no longer make money off of it.
Putin genuinely doesn’t seem like he wants peace. That doesn’t mean Zelensky does either. But he seems at least from the readout of their call pretty unwilling to budge on anything which essentially means he’s not interested in peace.
Since before the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, President Putin has made clear what the Russian requirements for peace are. They include permanent demilitarization of Ukraine and permanent non-membership of Ukraine in NATO.
This prospect does not bother me any more than similar neutrality that was forced on Austria after WWII, which continues to this day.
It is clear that Putin will not accept a cease fire that is short of those goals. To do otherwise would give Ukraine breathing space in which to resupply. Would you allow that if you were in his place?
Despite promises otherwise to Russia, NATO has been hell-bent on pushing missiles and forces closer and closer to Russia. I doubt the US would accept a similar situation, with hostile missles pointed at us in Mexico, Canada, or, say, Cuba.
But those goals have expanded that’s the problem. I’m very well aware of the situation preempting the war. I’ve been against Ukraine and still am. But if we’re going to be completely honest. Putin doesn’t actually seem to want to accept any of Trumps overtures towards peace.
peace
Zelensky wasn’t President for the Revolution of Dignity or A.T.O.(anti-terrorist operation) in Donbas.
readout
“After Trump’s victory, Zelensky’s team continues to delete tweets and posts…
“…Several deleted posts from the Center for Countering Disinformation In Ukraine about TulsiGabbard…”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1857138469413486909.html
Putin has said repeatedly that he wants the core issues solved.
This is good and it’s common sense.. we could use a lot of this mentality here ourselves.
Everyone knows that if you want the job done right, you need to cut out the rot or else it’s all just temporary bandaids.
A true statesman with an eye towards the future, someone that wants a long and enduring solid solution, they are not going to accept bandaids being slapped on.
Yes but he’s actually going beyond the core issues. Most of which Trump agrees with. But he’s not actually looking for peace. I really don’t think he is at this point
Karkiv and Odessa are Russian speaking cities. Ukraine will be lucky to be allowed by Putin to keep Kiev, which was once Russia’s Capitol City.. I very much doubt Putin would be foolish enough not to liberate Karkiv and Odessa, as well as completely destroy Ukraine’s (Nazi NATO EU CIA) regime’s fighting ability.
The reality is Russia is easily winning this war, the kill ratio is sustainable for them and is permanently destroying Ukraine’s fighting male population, by design.
you Frank D… do not have idea what happend since 1991 after fall of USSR and even less what’s happend since Feb.2014 on russian doorstep… VVP do not trust any western politician..he know very well what’s going on in USA.. and he is willing talk to VSGPDJT…PEACE will be on Russian terms they got all cards..we do not…neocons/warmongers/globalists start this mess in the 2014…
I’m quite aware and have been posting about this for over a year here.
That doesn’t justify his behavior now when he has an administration that is willing to work with Russia to end those root causes
It’s the other way around. Putin wants peace but his terms must be agreed to. Zelensky is the one who does not want peace because his deep state partners have ordered him to never accept Putin’s terms. Z signed a peace deal 3 years ago until he was forced to rip it up and never negotiate with Russia again.
No one in their right mind would accept palestinian refugees. I recently read an article about some nordic country that showed after one generation of palestinians 80% were still on the dole.
Western governments are using immigrants as a weapon against their citizens. Immigrants are housed in groups and subsidized so they needn’t assimilate and punished economically if they do assimilate.
If the Arab countries the Palestinians came from take them back, I think they’re smart enough to realize they can’t afford to take that sweet WEF money to grow vipers in their midst. Are they also uncorrupt enough? -We shall see.
Here’s hoping PDJT pulls this off. He’s laboring to create a coalition alternative to BRICS+ and G7 – that’s what appears to be unfolding to me.
Go for it.
Destabilize the domestic recidivist/progressive machine as part of the larger effort. It is a necessary condition for success in my book.
Excellent post!
Taxpayers’ dollars are spent and have been spent to maintain Israel and to fund Israel’s constant wars!
Are all senators like Ted Cruz blindly supporting Israel financially and militarily and in return getting rich?
Is taxpayers’ dollars supposed to be wasted, misspent with no accountability?
Are our corrupt presidents entitled to pardon their corrupt family members and bribef government officials?
How did Nancy Pelosi get so rich as a mere congresswoman?
WHY DO WE PUT UP WITH SO MUCH FRAUD?
Nancy is apparently a mathematical genius on the side. /s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons
Pelosi
D’Alesandro
Flashback: When Nancy Pelosi’s Brother Was Indicted For Rape
New York Times December 12, 1953, page 16.
https://nalert.blogspot.com/2018/09/flashback-when-nancy-pelosis-brother.html
WHY
“Pay close attention to the machines.”
FRAUD
Make Democracy Fake Again
Senator John McCain, Congressman Adam Kinzinger and former CIA officer Evan McMullin . . .
no, I wasn’t going to say they walked into a bar but they might have!
I am remembering the things I learned here from Sundance about McCain, Kinzinger and McMullin IN Syria, visiting the Founding Fathers of ISIS . . . so of course, Senator McCain is no longer with us and Adam Kinzinger doesn’t seem up to that, what with all his weepiness . . . I don’t know what Evan McMullin is up to these days . . . at the time of their visit to Syria, McMullin had been a CIA officer and then he was a Senior Adviser to Congress and then he ran for President in 2016 and after that he ran for one of the US Senate seats for Utah.
From Wikipedia:
McMullin was a CIA operations officer from 2001 to 2010. In 2011, he received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and worked as an investment banker for about a year and a half. He was a senior adviser on national security issues for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015 and served as a chief policy director for the House Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 2015 through July 2016. McMullin left the Republican Party in 2016 after Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
Now is it hopefully unlikely that we will see CIA-connected shenanigans in Syria . . . or anywhere in that neck of the woods?
What are Torie and Sammy up to these days? Retired?
Here is another passage from the Wikipedia page on Evan McMullin – quite ironic for this former CIA officer who helped to support the Founding Fathers of ISIS that President Trump was dangerous for his actions being “consistent with the authoritarian playbook” – wasn’t ISIS insanely authoritarian?
After the 2016 campaign, McMullin has continued to be strongly critical of Trump and Putin.[7] In a December 2016 op-ed, McMullin attacked Trump as a threat to American constitutional government, saying that the president-elect’s actions were “consistent with the authoritarian playbook” and “undermined critical democratic norms including peaceful debate and transitions of power, commitment to truth, freedom from foreign interference and abstention from the use of executive power for political retribution”.[8]
It was Ahab who pursued Moby Dick, not the other way around.
!The Great White Whale never swam into New Bedford harbor looking to sink the Pequod and all the other whaling ships.
He only wanted peace and to be left alone to do what whales do.
But Ahab, filled by hatred and a need for vengeance, pursued Moby Dick half-way around the world!
Then he found him…oh boy, did he ever!
Ahab FAFO!
Because you don’t FO with Moby Dick, the 47th President of America!
And Iran, Hamas and the G7 are all learning what Ahab learned!
So if peace comes to the Middle East we’ll all know the reason why!
It was because the Great White Whale had enough!
“All of that said, the ‘old guards’ biggest weapon to fight back against a global economic and peace realignment would be their control over the western-developed intelligence networks.”
Now I know who is controlling our IC! President Trump, please take it down.
President Trump is operating on multiple fronts to realize his integrated policies (industrial policy, foreign trade, international relations). However, his praiseworthy striving for peace seems somewhat naive as regards the Middle East. This is visible clearly in the contradiction between the last two “fundamental principles in general terms” agreed with Israel immediately after the US strikes in Iran: “Israel will declare its willingness for future Palestinian conflict resolution under the ‘two states’ concept, contingent upon the Palestinian Authority reforms.” ♦ “The United States will acknowledge limited Israeli sovereignty implementation in Judea and Samaria.” How can there be “two states” if there is any kind of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (aka “the West Bank”)? Furthermore, there is really room for only one sovereignty between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River–and there is already the existing sovereign state of Israel. Back in the 70s and 80s it was feasible to talk about Israeli annexation of only the Jordan River valley in the broadest sense (as Rabin put it), while leaving the areas of the West Bank with dense Arab population under some kind of autonomy while the citizens would retain their Jordanian citizenship and thus have passports. Remember, the West Bank was annexed by Jordan in 1949 in the war to prevent the establishment of Israel. Also remember, as to “legality” of such moves, that the “international community” did not denounce that move (in contrast to virtually any move by Israel in its own self defense). But since the 1980s the Israeli population of the West Bank has increased tremendously. So even if Israel annexes ‘Area C’ of the Oslo Accords (which includes the Jordan Valley and areas around Jerusalem of strategic importance) any kind of Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank would be problematic, with built-in factors of instability. And how about Gaza? Since the brutal, massive incursion of Oct 7 2024 it is inconceivable that any kind of Palestinian ‘state’ could be allowed there. In short, there is no miracle solution to the Israel-Palestinian-Middle East situation that Trump can finagle that would have any hope of lasting very long.
Yes!!!
THE ONLY WAY TO NEGOCIATE WITH HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH IS TO KILL THEM. THAT’S ALL THEY UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HUNT DOWN AND KILL THEIR LEADERS IN ANY COUNTRY THE RESIDE IN YOU ALSO GO AFTER ALL THOSE THAT FUND THEM AND TAKE THEM OUT TOO. ONLY THEN CAN YOU HAVE A REAL PEACE.
I don’t care what you think about Tucker Carlson, but he ferrets out new information like Mike Benz. Tucker’s talk with Scott Horton regarding Iran and how we ‘influenced’ everything in the ME since the 1950’s.
In all fairness they were different times without insta-information, but our ‘elites’ that made these scenarios and decisions(Brzezinski, Kissinger, CIA, Cheney, Bush 1, et. al) were dangerously ignorant fools.
https://rumble.com/v6voch3-scott-horton-coups-wmds-and-cia-a-deep-dive-into-what-led-to-the-usisraeli-.html