SaintsInDome2006

>>"You know what, it's your perspective, it isn't certainly mine, I just think he has a great tan"<< What a trip.

We certainly agree on two out of three here.

I agree with you, completely. And I also don't begrudge others' success. Cheers.

I certainly agree with that. Some people are told they should have a limited number of dolls and pencils for their children.

Trump blasting the gay anthem YMCA in the birthplace of islamist extremism is the wokest thing I think I've ever seen or heard about. LOL, somewhere Harvey Milk is laughing.

Well the most impressive thing is Trump getting up there with all that gold stuffed in his pockets.

IIRC "QATAR" is splattered in big capital letters right across the body. Can't really buy the kind of endorsement power that comes with an American President waddling into your plane with your government's name emblazoned right above him. That's the sort of image that lasts forever.

Thank you for the response. It certainly sounds like a great leap forward. Let us embody this spirit of independence, self-sustenance and self-defense more thoroughly in all fields of activity as we seek to make America great again.

This whole discussion went on during Obamacare / ACA and even before. IMO legislation is needed, in which case it's legal. Which really many a progressive and even socialist (say a Sanders) would have loved back in the day but any attempt by Obama or Clinton or Biden would be met with howls (and IIRCC they tried for legislation at least once if not more). Otherwise what Trump described is straight out price controls issued by central planning.

Fun fact, before taking on her role as AG Pam Bondi was a lobbyist & spokesperson for the Qatar government. She also “approved” the gift of the plane to Trump.

Thoughts on raising the debt limit $4 trillion?

Co-President Musk arriving with Trump to discuss policy with the Saudis is a nice touch.

Should be a light one. Good luck with the horses today I guess?

>>It was Trump, after all, who hit the pause button on his hardest hitting “reciprocal” tariff rates on roughly 100 countries. And it was Trump who first publicly floated significant de-escalation with China after, in private internal discussions, his team weighed even more dramatic off-ramps to step back from the brink. The bond market, supply chains blinking red and increasingly apocalyptic warnings from executives across major industries all served as critical accelerants for Trump’s personal pivots. The actions in some cases had the effect of hanging his own advisors out to dry hours after they’d been on television pledging there would be no exceptions, delays or revisions.<<

Influencing is the point, I agree there. Following the “Biden Crime Family” theory of crime, we have 1. Travel to Qatar + 2. Deal to leave the Houthis alone happening almost simultaneously = 3. Profit.

It isn’t / wasn’t just the Russians. It’s an important point with Trump that he’s open for business for influence from anyone & everyone.

^$400 million gift from backers of Hamas & Muslim Brotherhood. & I’d add the Houthis as well.

The USA, bought, sold & owned. It’s sad.

You mean about the trafficking thing? Actually I looked at Trump’s state department report from 2019. The best at fighting human traffickers is Tier 1, including the US. UAE, Qatar & Ukraine are Tier 2 nations. Russia & Saudi Arabia are the worst, at Tier 3. State Dept report.

As Trump once said, he may not have gone to Vietnam but he had his own personal Vietnam when he survived the 1990s Manhattan STD epidemic, so yeah I'm sure he's seen worse.

The notoriously woke and Trump-hating WSJ Editorial Board.

Don't worry, I've ingested my share of Breitbart.

Wait, doesn't AP or Sporting News do a top 10 human trafficking list? Where did you get that no. 1 ranking?

Hold on a tick, let me check Breitbart. They're all over this kind of corruption.

And the Arabian peninsula, where Trump is heading to? What's their rep on human trafficking?