This week we had to bring Marcus Parks back to help us wrap our brains around the unthinkable. Could Trump’s upsetting of the Middle East apple cart, reordering alliances, and embracing autocracies somehow be a good thing? We run through the litany of deals made since the start of his second term, consider our recent about-face on Syria and the Houthis, and listen to a Hamas official express his belief that US envoy Adam Boehler, whom he met with DIRECTLY, really listened this time. Basically, we add up all the ways we’re creating distance from Netanyahu and wonder what it all means for the Palestinians. We know there’s no method to the madness, but could there be a silver lining? Then, just for fun, we listen to Kristi Noem make a fool of herself.

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Articles/Sources:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/days-after-donald-trump-praises-former-al-qaeda-terrorist-an-old-video-on-9-11-goes-viral-8466254

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/middleeast/syria-trump-meeting-analysis-intl

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/trump-wants-netanyahu-end-gaza-war

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-hostage-envoy-dismisses-report-israel-abandonment-threat-fake-news

https://youtu.be/GxfrJ5smAU8?si=eW_GOJUV8OxMS8Qt&t=2989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqDzm-nEKkY

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/jd-vance-reinvention-power/682828/

https://www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-stock-sales-trump-tariffs

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-starts-gulf-visit-seeking-big-economic-deals-2025-05-13/

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/nvidia-stock-retakes-key-level-saudi-ai-deal/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqe93rz5qvo

https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/breaking-news-u-s-president-trump-signs-2b-deal-with-qatar-to-become-first-mq-9b-drone-operator-in-middle-east

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvcu2rIJBFk

https://www.youtube.com/@DropSiteNews

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The world just refuses to slow down, so TFR is back from Spring Break with a doozy of an episode. This week, Seena and Travis break down the “free” $400 million “palace in the sky” Trump seems intent on accepting from Qatar. It’s hard to believe anyone needs to do this, but we break down why this is a bad idea. We also take a look at the India/Pakistan ceasefire and why India isn’t too thrilled with US involvement. We discuss tariff updates, check in on our deteriorating relationship with Israel, and marvel at Trump’s stretching of the word refugee to include Afrikaners. And, as always, we have JD Vance corner. It’s a lot of episode guys so strap in!

Articles Referenced:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299

https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/qatar-soft-power/

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1921986680304894185

https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/05/13/why-india-is-annoyed-by-its-ceasefire-with-pakistan

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-ukraine-china-iran-negotations.html

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/u-s-loses-3rd-f-a-18-super-hornet-in-less-than/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/world/middleeast/us-navy-carrier-commercial-ship-collision.html

https://www.nytimes.com/article/afrikaner-refugees-trump-south-africa.html?searchResultPosition=4

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3loy7tumn2w2e

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/world/middleeast/israel-icj-genocide-south-africa.html

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/05/08/why-google-searches-jd-vance-killed-pope-francis-soared/83368840007/

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/jd-vance-wrong-jesus-doesnt-ask-us-rank-our-love-others

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This week TFR welcomes former Ambassador Joseph Manso to the show to help us figure out what the hell is going on out there. We discuss his career in foreign service, his thoughts on the shifting global order, cuts to the State Department, the war in Ukraine, the potential for a new Iranian nuclear deal, and much more.

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