What a Mideast trip. Yowzaa.

TRUMP: I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A PEACEMAKER

"I'm doing this to save lives."

14% chance he wins the Nobel Peace Prize and rising. pic.twitter.com/6UVKNTF53h

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) February 28, 2025

President Trump has flipped "war and peace" to "peace and war" — and even people on the left are getting on board.

When even @billmaher's @RealTimers audience is applauding the new Trump doctrine, it's clear a seismic shift is underway. pic.twitter.com/PrjMn8CRCn

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 17, 2025

Bill Maher's crowd is clapping for Scott Jennings and his remarks on the "Trump.Doctrine".

I watched the video. He is a complete moron and an embarrassment to the nation. He is actually worse than portrayed by the impersonator on SNL. My God.

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I watched the video. He is a complete moron and an embarrassment to the nation. He is actually worse than portrayed by the impersonator on SNL. My God.

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Our President fighting for Peace.

Trump’s approval among Democrats SURGES by 9% in 15 days — JL Partners poll pic.twitter.com/iNg3SKMnlE

— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) May 18, 2025

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I hate that pompous ass. Could we get a gratuitous bus accident or something already so the world is rid of him?

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Apparently the Iranians are working on it.

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tequila4kapp said:

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And Obama got one for doing absolutely nothing in hopes it would influence him to act in certain ways…

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I believe it was Dr. Jordan Peterson who said he got the NPP for being Black. Obama has a reputation for drone attacks on a lot of countries.

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You mean like this?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani

Maybe that's why the Iranians are working on it.

Do it.

I’m traveling in Asia right now, and it’s fascinating to see how much elite panic there is over the Harvard situation. Of course, 99.999% of people couldn’t care less but Asian elites care, because that’s where they send their kids. And that tells us two important things.

First,… pic.twitter.com/hjGYU80uW9

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) May 27, 2025

Marines Deployed To Another Third-World Country Full Of Hostile Foreigners https://t.co/pve65uMM7e pic.twitter.com/Evgx9zq1Uv

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 10, 2025

Los Angeles, California

Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

🇪🇸Yolanda Diaz, Ministre : "L'Espagne n'est pas une vassale de Trump !...Les Espagnols doivent savoir que les 5% pour l'OTAN représenteraient 85 Milliards d'euros pour notre politique de défense, ce serait bcp plus que pour l'éducation. Nous avons dit NON!pic.twitter.com/D686eojSXq

— JBAragon (@aragon_jb) June 28, 2025

Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

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The US military maintains 800 bases abroad and has what is arguably the most corrupt military procurement system. You can find some parallels in the US healthcare system, which is 17% of US GDP, nearly double the percentage spent by EU countries on healthcare, with worse results.

Trump's foreign policy?

Get as much money, personally, as possible.
Gain as much political powers as possible.
Acquire as much narcissistic fuel as possible by putting down others, flexing on others, breaking laws/norms and sticking up his nose while doing so, making as many self-aggrandizing statements as possible.

It's not a foreign policy.
It's a self soothing practice, and it applies universally.

bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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I am sure the U.S. would be happy if they spent 3.6% of their GDP on their defense, as opposed to 0.9, which is well below NATO expectations.

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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I am sure the U.S. would be happy if they spent 3.6% of their GDP on their defense, as opposed to 0.9, which is well below NATO expectations.

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What defense concerns does Spain have? Getting invaded by France, Morocco or England (via Gibraltar) seems pretty unlikely.

Of course, they do have to worry about Andorra. You never what that loose cannon of a country might do.

Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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oski003 said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Cal88 said:

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Spain rejects Trump's request for NATO countries to spend 5% on their military budget:

"Yolanda Diaz, Minister: "Spain is not a vassal of Trump!...Spaniards must know that 5% for NATO would represent 85 billion euros for our defense policy, which would be much more than for education. We have said NO!"

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It's a shame we have to live in a world where more money is spent on the military rather than on other things. If I was Spain, of course I would reject the U.S.'s. request for them to contribute more to NATO. Why should they since the U.S. has been footing a large percentage of the bill? Trump said in the NATO summit that Spain will end up paying in other ways, namely through trade tariffs.

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What bill? What is the US protecting Spain from, Russia?? Morocco??

Slapping tariffs on countries like Spain is going to backfire, they will move closer to China.

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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I am sure the U.S. would be happy if they spent 3.6% of their GDP on their defense, as opposed to 0.9, which is well below NATO expectations.

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What defense concerns does Spain have? Getting invaded by France, Morocco or England (via Gibraltar) seems pretty unlikely.

Of course, they do have to worry about Andorra. You never what that loose cannon of a country might do.

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They should leave NATO if they have no defense concerns, as you assert.

Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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The goal was for Spain to spend more and for the U.S. to spend less. All the other NATO countries agreed to spend 3% of GDP.

bear2034 said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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The goal was for Spain to spend more and for the U.S. to spend less. All the other NATO countries agreed to spend 3% of GDP.

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Why is Trump demanding that Spain spend 67% more than the other NATO countries?

bear2034 said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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The goal was for Spain to spend more and for the U.S. to spend less. All the other NATO countries agreed to spend 3% of GDP.

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No country in Europe is going to spend 3% of its GDP on the military, except maybe the Poles and Balts, who have a hard on against Russia, and maybe the Greeks, who have a genuine concern for their islands near the Turkish land mass.

Cal88 said:

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bear2034 said:

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Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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So Trump expects Spain to spend 5% of their GDP on defense but the US only spends 3.6% of its GDP on defense.

That sounds realistic. /s

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The goal was for Spain to spend more and for the U.S. to spend less. All the other NATO countries agreed to spend 3% of GDP.

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No country in Europe is going to spend 3% of its GDP on the military, except maybe the Poles and Balts, who have a hard on against Russia, and maybe the Greeks, who have a genuine concern for their islands near the Turkish land mass.

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Good, NATO will be on the hook for reneging on their commitments.
5%, with at least 3.5% of GDP for core defense requirements and up to 1.5% for broader defense and security-related spending.

Eastern Oregon Bear said:

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Why is Trump demanding that Spain spend 67% more than the other NATO countries?

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He isn't.

Absolute bombshell. Former UK Minister Alan Duncan confirms there was a clear peace agreement mediated by Oman for ZERO nuclear proliferation in Iran. But it was sabotaged and betrayed by Israel because they always wanted to attack Iran. Israel started this war! pic.twitter.com/OOsxfvj6xC

— Furkan Gözükara (@FurkanGozukara) March 24, 2026

Today, the chief reason the United States cannot get out of the Middle East is Israel.

The special relationship uniquely binds the United States to the Middle East. The profound levels of American commitments to Israel surpasses all other regional actors. US Middle East policy…

— Jon Hoffman (@Hoffman8Jon) March 25, 2026

" Today, the chief reason the United States cannot get out of the Middle East is Israel.

The special relationship uniquely binds the United States to the Middle East. The profound levels of American commitments to Israel surpasses all other regional actors. US Middle East policy is bound to Israel at both the strategic and operational levels to the point where crafting policies independent of Israeli preferences is almost unthinkable.

In Washington, the perceived political costs of challenging the special relationship have long been an impediment to reform. Israel and its supporters seek to dominate the discourse surrounding US Middle East policy. This is done financially by pouring massive sums of money into politicians, think tanks, and so on; by policing what constitutes "legitimate" debate surrounding the US-Israel relationship; and by gatekeeping and intimidation.

This paralysis in policymaking allows Israel to persistently pressure Washington into providing ever more concessionswhich are almost always grantedthereby pulling the United States deeper into the region despite this being contrary to American interests.

By entrapping the United States in the Middle East, the special relationship forces Washington to pay the strategic costs of Israeli policy."