The Morning Report — 5/ 15 /25

Good morning kids. Putting aside the issue of the jumbo jet "gift" from the Qatari government, which is being spun as some sort of massive quid-pro-quo influence peddling bribe of President Trump, which it clearly is not, signing a trade deal with that government on the order of $1.2 Trillion dollars is kind of pretty big effing deal.

“Today in Qatar, President Donald J. Trump signed an agreement with Qatar to generate an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion,” the White House noted in a fact sheet. In addition to the agreement, the document states the U.S. and Qatar companies have come to terms on economic deals equaling $243.5 billion.

The $243.5 billion in deals between the nations is headlined by Qatar Airways’ $96 billion agreement with Boeing and GE Aerospace to buy as many as “210 American-made Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft powered by GE Aerospace engines,” a White House fact sheet noted.

This marks a record-breaking order for Boeing.

While certainly this is all well and good, behind the President's back the Qatar-snipe PM vomited this out:

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thania stated that a deal between Israel and Hamas can’t be reached when there’s a “fundamental difference between the two parties. One party wants just to retrieve the hostage[s] and continue the war and the other party wants to end the war and doesn’t think about the hostages.”

Qatar has been a safe haven for top Hamas terrorist leadership for years where no doubt much of the strategy and tactics of the October 7th attack on Israel were planned and perhaps even directed once the IDF initially began its counteroffensive.

Unfortunately, the capital of that viper's nest Doha is home to a significant American air base and our warships are docked there as well. As the home of al-jazeera, Qatar, broadcasts anti-western and anti-semitic propaganda 24/7 all across not only middle east but to the world at large.

Significantly, they are not and have no intention of signing onto the Ahraham Accords, which was one of President Trump's most significant foreign policy achievements from his first term and upon which many had hoped would change the course of history in the region for the better. And then came Biden and then October 7. And the rest is history. Figuratively and quite literally.

The President is also parlaying with the new leader of Syria and some, including our friend he estimable Robert Spencer have thus far been impressed with Trump's moves in the region.

Trump has done it again. That much is clear. He has outmaneuvered and out-thought everyone else, and did what many others assumed to be impossible.

But what exactly has he done? On Wednesday morning, during his trip to Saudi Arabia, Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who from 2017 until January of this year, was known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Al-Sharaa was the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the “Syrian Liberation Group,” a Sunni jihad group that had been linked to al-Qaeda and was working to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. . .

. . . In many ways, Trump’s meeting with al-Sharaa is as momentous, and could be more momentous, than his first-term overtures to Kim Jong Un. The two meetings come from the same wellsprings: Trump is attempting to break longstanding logjams and end the status quo that the foreign policy establishment, both inside the U.S. and elsewhere, had come to take for granted. . . So Trump wants to make peace with old foes based on mutual economic interests. He is giving al-Sharaa a chance to demonstrate that he really is no longer a jihadi and wants to build a stable and prosperous Syria. It could happen. The global jihad, although it is ignored everywhere, continues nevertheless. It never goes away. Individuals and states, however, can and do put it aside for considerable periods in order to pursue other interests. . .

. . . Nevertheless, Trump’s attempt to create peace based on common interests and move beyond the present logjam is as welcome as it is audacious. Once again, Trump appears to be way ahead of everyone else, as he was when he established the Abraham Accords even as John Kerry was confidently telling the world that such a thing was impossible.

The fly in the ointment as it were is "Islam." Spencer correctly states "The global jihad, although it is ignored everywhere, continues nevertheless. It never goes away. Individuals and states, however, can and do put it aside for considerable periods in order to pursue other interests. . . Bingo. the only way it goes away is either the internal reformation of Islam or its defeat/destruction.

Spencer seems to ignore his own words vis a vis that the jihad never goes away. But for Donald Trump or any American political leader to even attempt to articulate this is tantamount to committing political suicide. Despite the fact that the last American political leader to articulate the mortal danger of Islam and to act to defeat it was Thomas Jefferson.

All that said, Trump's moves in the middle east vis a vis Qatar and Syria are perhaps very good in the short term. Is a legitimate rapprochement and transformation of the Muslim theocratic/political mindset vis a vis the West and Israel likely if not actually possible in the long-term? Well, we'll have to wait and see. If 1,500 years of history teaches us anything, I wouldn't hold my breath. But to not try, whatever this President's motivations may be, would be a moral failing of massive proportions IMHO.

And speaking of the Islamic threat, In that faraway Middle Eastern Shithole of Michiganistan...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed the arrest of 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said on May 13, 2025, for plotting an Islamic State-inspired mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) facility in Warren, Michigan.Said, a Melvindale, Michigan resident, faces charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) and distributing information related to a destructive device, each carrying a maximum 20-year prison sentence. According to the Justice Department, Said supplied armor-piercing ammunition and magazines, recruited two conspirators, and flew a drone over TACOM for reconnaissance. His plan was set to unfold on the day of his arrest, but law enforcement stopped him cold.“This defendant was stopped dead in his tracks as he conspired with others in planning a deadly attack on a U.S. military base here at home for IS,” the Justice Department said. The swift intervention prevented a potential catastrophe at TACOM, a critical hub for military vehicle development.Said’s alleged betrayal, as a former National Guard member, underscores the insidious reach of radical Islam, even among those sworn to protect the nation.

And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

Have a great day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• As for the reported preparation being done in anticipation of a possible Chauvin pardon, it stems from the possibility of a pardon being issued by President Donald Trump for Chauvin’s federal conviction.
  'Justice' for Chauvin? Minneapolis Reportedly Preparing for Possible Derek Chauvin Pardon
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: Trump's first 100 days mark a chaotic counterrevolution, tackling crises long ignored—and infuriating the very forces that allowed them to fester.
  The Real First 100 Days

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
• Who rules our country? The people, or self-important men with gavels?
  America, the Juristocracy

• These judges appear to believe they serve as some entrenched panel of oligarchs who really have the final say on what the president is and is not allowed to do.
  Here Are 16 Of The Most Egregious Injunctions Barring The Trump Administration From Doing Its Job
  
• The U.S. is “drastically overregulated.” The current Code of Federal Regulations contains “over 48,000 sections” and spans “over 175,000 pages.”
  ‘A Big Deal’: Trump’s Latest EO Targets Regulations That Trap the Unwary
  
• Tapping Whitney Hermandorfer for the Court of Appeals shows the president isn’t tired of winning yet.
  Trump Is Off To a Great Start On Judicial Nominees
  
• Vought is clearly the man who can navigate DOGE through difficult times.
  Russell Vought is uniquely suited to head DOGE

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• With hot debate over tariffs ongoing and current talks with trade partners, tariffs have been in the media spotlight this year.
  On Key Tariff Issues, Trump Still Holds An Edge — But Barely: I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• The far-left Politico grudgingly admits: “Trump tariffs have little impact on prices so far, defying grim forecasts,” reads the headline. “Inflation climbed at the slowest pace since early 2021 in April, surprising economists who anticipated tariff-related increases,” reads the sub-headline.
  Regime Media Forced to Admit Tariffs ‘Have Little Impact on Prices’
  
• Fiscal hawks want the bill to slash more spending, even suggesting they go over the budget line-by-line. What a concept! That’ll never happen.
  Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Faces Uncertainty in Senate

  LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES AFTERMATH

• State Farm dropped many policyholders in the months leading up to the devastating fires in Los Angeles, and has dragged its feet in helping those homeowners who retained their policies, often “lowballing” estimates of repairs.
  California’s Ricardo Lara Lets State Farm Raise Insurance Rates

  "BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Two years’ probation, which includes 100 hours of community service, required school, and a promise not to break any laws.
  Colorado: Unlicensed Illegal Alien Gets Probation for Killing Woman in Car Accident

• “One by one, the left turned their back on the Jews,” he says. “It’s happening the same way now in South Africa. There are 140 anti-white race-based laws, more than under apartheid. There are laws telling you who you can hire and who you can’t fire, what percentage of your business you have to give up — 30%. They are using democracy to institute socialism, and it’s horrific.”
  Miranda Devine: The left tries to claim white South Africans aren’t worthy of refugee status

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN

• Israel Hayom newspaper: “Israeli officials increasingly believe that Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed on Tuesday.”
  Israel Follows Up Targeting of Hamas Leadership Hospital Tunnel Complex
  
• A legendary truth-teller provides the moral clarity on a death cult.
  Video: Tommy Robinson Tells it Like it is With Hamas in Gaza
  
• Exposing the lies.
  Lies About the IDF in Gaza, Refuted
  
• Self-Gassing Commie latter-day Moral equivalent of an Auschwitz Kapo
  Bernie Sanders: United States Is ‘Complicit’ in Humanitarian ‘Atrocity’ in Gaza
  
• Ugh.... - jjs
  Qatari P.M.: Hamas ‘Wants to End the War’, Israel ‘Wants Just to Retrieve the Hostages’ and Continue War

  ASSAD REGIME COLLAPSES"

• Robert Spencer: The peace and stability of the Middle East, and of the entire world, are riding upon the President's success.
  Trump Shocks the World — Again
  
• While Qatar mobilizes support for Syrian President Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa.
  Trump to Remove US Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• The Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed the arrest of 19-year-old Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said on May 13, 2025, for plotting an Islamic State-inspired mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) facility in Warren, Michigan.Said, a Melvindale, Michigan resident, faces charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) and distributing information related to a destructive device, each carrying a maximum 20-year prison sentence. According to the Justice Department, Said supplied armor-piercing ammunition and magazines, recruited two conspirators, and flew a drone over TACOM for reconnaissance. His plan was set to unfold on the day of his arrest, but law enforcement stopped him cold.“
  Justice Dept Charges Ex-Soldier with Plot to Attack Base for ISIS.

  
  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "I want to be clear. No student who commits a serious criminal offense (Title V felony) is permitted to participate in the graduation ceremony. Additionally, anyone who trespasses on Frisco ISD property or at a District event will be subject to immediate removal and possible arrest by law enforcement,” Waldrip wrote. "Frisco ISD does not condone violence or crime in our schools or at our events and will not reward or celebrate those who hurt others.”
  Karmelo Anthony to Graduate High School With 'Full Credit' White Awaiting Trial for Murder

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• These people have no shame.
  CNN Tries to Portray Falling Egg Prices as Bad News

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• Over the past nine months, “rogue communication devices” not listed in product documents were found in solar power inverters and batteries from several Chinese suppliers, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters. The undocumented devices were found after U.S. experts disassembled the renewable energy equipment to check for security issues, prompting officials to review the potential dangers of the Chinese-made devices, according to the publication.
  Rogue Devices Capable Of Triggering Blackouts Reportedly Found In Chinese Solar Panels
  
• Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware have also withdrawn or modified plans to mandate EVs
  Another One Bites the Dust: Vermont Slams Brakes on EV Mandate as Sales Lag

• Several companies that former DOE loan czar Jigar Shah gave money to are now in dire financial straits
  Biden's Energy Loan Czar Gave Green Companies Billions. Now He's Working To Move Them Overseas.
  
• Alb-Exit? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith freezes industrial carbon tax as secession referendum is being promoted.
  Canadian PM Carney Hits Bump in Road with Carbon Tax Plans in Alberta
  
• That heel got hit in Spain and Portugal recently. There were massive blackouts.
  The Achilles Heel of Wind and Solar
  
• The Trump administration vows to scrap the hated engine kill switch at stoplights—an unpopular climate gimmick critics call useless, unsafe, and maddeningly inconvenient.
  Making Automobiles Great Again: Trump’s EPA Will Fix the Most Hated Car Rule in America

  
  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Gabbard recounted the numerous times that Fauci denied providing funding for gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) while being questioned under oath by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
  Tulsi on Fauci’s Role In Funding Covid Pandemic: ‘Is It Any Wonder He Sought a Preemptive Pardon?’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The Rutgers Law School Center on Security, Race and Rights is already under congressional investigation
  Anti-Israel Rutgers Center Teaches Students How To Thwart ICE
  
• Heather Mac Donald: Even as Trump targets Harvard over racial preferences, the university is offering a seminar, “Empowering Black Leaders,” steeped in racialist thinking.
  The Battle Against Identity Politics on Campuses Has Only Begun

  ABORTION

• A decrease in physical abortion facilities does not mean the need for pregnancy help is any less urgent.
  The Abortion Landscape Is Changing. So Is The Pro-Life Response.

  THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH

• The lawsuits come one month after leftist Susan Crawford won (allegedly-jus) a seat on the state Supreme Court bench, giving Dems high hopes.
  Right On Cue, WI Dems Sue For More Favorable Congressional Maps

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Ben Cohen was arrested for obstruction of justice.
  Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Arrested For Stunt During RFK Testimony

  POLITICS

• Whether it’s a 12-hour-long protest on the Capitol steps about inflation, assaulting police officers during a protest at an ICE facility, or the threat of ousting the newly elected leadership of the DNC, it’s safe to say that since President Donald Trump retook the White House in November, Democrats have found themselves lost as a party, if not in total disarray.
  ‘Hang It Around Their Neck’ — Against Long Odds, GOP Operatives Have A Plan To Win In 2026
  
• Because most of them aren’t Donald Trump.
  Why the GOP won’t get dirty—even when the Left plays filthy
  
• Among registered voters who watched the Sept. 10 Harris-Trump debate, 63% thought the former vice president won the face-off, according to a CNN flash poll that surveyed 605 registered voters. Luntz argued on “This Is Gavin Newsom” that Harris should have won the 2024 election based on her debate performance and the exorbitant funds in support of her candidacy, but said she made critical errors that cost her.
  Kevin McCarthy's Cabana-boy Frank Luntz Tells Gavin Newsom That Kamala Harris Should Look In Mirror To Find Reason She Lost 2024 Election

  POPE LEO XIV COMMENTARY

• Leftist media will have you believe that Leo XIV is a ‘social justice’ pope. But the pope he named himself after says something different.
  Where the New Pope Came From

  
  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• President Donald Trump, who is in Qatar, had hinted at possibly attending the meeting himself if Putin was present, but a Kremlin statement announced Wednesday that presidential aide Vladimir Medinksy would lead the Russian delegation, the BBC reported. Putin called for a direct conversation between Russia and Ukraine on May 10, according to CNN. Trump then requested that the Ukrainians attend the meeting in a post on his Truth Social platform on May 11, saying that the Russian president was open to negotiating “a possible end to the BLOODBATH” in Istanbul, Turkey.
  Putin Refuses To Attend Peace Talks With Zelensky After Trump Backed Negotiations

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Truly looking out for American interests means refraining from trying to remake foreign countries in our own image.
  Trump’s Riyadh Speech Heralds The End Of Failed Neocon Foreign Policy
  
• President Donald J. Trump and Qatari officials signed a “joint declaration of cooperation” on Wednesday during Trump’s visit to Doha. The agreement comes as part of a broader diplomatic push by the Trump administration following his stop in Saudi Arabia earlier in the week.
  Trump Secures $1.2 Trillion Deal with Qatar.
  
• The first presidential visit to Qatar comes amid controversy over Trump accepting a $400 million jet from the royal family.
  Trump Welcomed In Qatar With Parade Of Camels And Teslas: ‘This Is What They Call Perfecto’
  
• Ben Shapiro: President Trump is a realist. He wants to be involved where it is in the interests of the United States to be involved.
  Trump’s Saudi Triumph
  
• Trump's DOJ vows to fight antisemitism and Hamas support—but will it confront the foreign powers, like Turkey and Qatar, funding U.S. campus extremism?
  Will the Trump Administration Follow the Antisemitism Trail Wherever It Leads?
  
• Trump’s freewheeling Persian Gulf tour continues a string of recent moves that the president has made in the Middle East with little apparent regard for Israel's wishes—and in some cases, in direct opposition to them. But both Israeli and U.S. officials have denied talk of a growing rift, and the two countries have remained directionally aligned against Iran’s "axis of resistance."
  Is the Trump-Bibi Rift Overblown?

• Ramaphosa spoke the day after after the first flight of 49 white Afrikaners granted refugee status by the U.S. arrived in Washington, DC. As many as 70,000 more have sought to apply to enter the U.S. under the policy.
  South Africa’s President Calls Afrikaner Refugees ‘Cowards’ for ‘Running Away’
  
• British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, known for calling President Donald J. Trump a “neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath” in the past, has been accused of assaulting a European taxi driver over a bill costing over $780. Lammy and his wife used a taxi service to take them on a 360-mile trip from Italy to a French ski resort on April 10.
  Anti-Trump UK Foreign Sec Allegedly Assaulted Euro Cabbie.
  
• The German intelligence agency’s attempt to label the AfD as extremists is yet another example of the EU moving steadily toward tyranny.
  European democracy is dying
  
• Trump has piled on pressure ahead of the summit by insisting he wants NATO to agree to devote five percent of GDP to defence with promises already made, as Breitbart News reported.
  Trump Effect: NATO Rushes Deal to Commit on Higher Defence Spending

• The term ‘deal’ is a misnomer. It’s more like a ceasefire.
  What’s the Real Story on Trump’s ‘Deal’ with China?
  
• The UK owes President Trump no small debt for reshaping the strategic conditions that made new trade agreements possible.
  America First, Britain Boosted: Inside the US-UK Deal Reshaping Trans-Atlantic Trade
  
• Remembering Shirin Alamhooli - and the 85 million Iranians being held captive by a monstrous regime.
  Lessons From My Friend’s Execution in Evin Prison

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Daniel Greenfield: And the Air Force has a general for every 22 planes.
  The Navy Has As Many Admirals as Ships

  DC AIRLINER/COPTER COLLISION, Philly, Toronto Air Crashes AFTERMATH

• In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, FAA official Franklin McIntosh said the Pentagon-maintained hotline had been down since March 2022, and the FAA wasn’t aware of the outage. The testimony came just days after a Virginia-based Army unit resumed flights following a Jan. 29 helicopter collision with a commercial jet that killed 67 people.
  FAA Confirms Government Failure At Pentagon In Wake Of Deadly DC Plane Crash

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Acting to support caregivers is how we can make our families and nation great again.
  Congress must deliver on Trump’s promise to caregivers

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Both Voyagers are expected to run out of power sometime in the next two years. The goal now is try to make both last at least until 2027, so that they will mark a full half century of operation since their launch in 1977.
  Engineers reactivate thrusters on Voyager-1 that have been out of commission since 2004
  
• The data suggests we are seeing one small aspect of Titan’s atmospheric methane cycle, where the liquid methane in the lakes evaporates to form clouds, which later than condense to rain back down. Though superficially similar to the water cycle here on Earth, the details suggest it will be very different on Titan.
  Astronomers observe cloud changes above the northern polar lakes of Titan

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• The film uses discredited research to blame racism for black health disparities and push ideologically driven “solutions.”
  New Documentary Proves Trump Is Right to Defund PBS
  
• So-called ‘elites’ have built a dark and volatile world.
  The Great Simmering in the West
  
• “Neoliberal globalists, meanwhile, are moving in the opposite direction.Nationalism, rather than threatening European breakup, is being brought in-house.”
  The Techno-Populist Convergence
  
• Robert Spencer: Patriots strike back.
  With a New Statue in the Oval Office, the Statue Wars Have Begun
  
• Eileen Gu, the freestyle skier often called “Genocide Barbie” during the 2022 Olympics, has been handed another high-profile honor by appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue this year.
  U.S. Born Olympic Skier Who Competed for Red China Gets Sports Illustrated Cover

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: Cruise gives it his all, but franchise's self-referential shift does it few favors
  ‘Mission: Impossible-Final Reckoning’ Ends on Sour Note

ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com within an hour of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.

And. . . PODCASTING NEWS: the Podcast feeds have been fixed so you can now listen to them on the RSS feed as well as Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and of course directly at the CutJibNewsletter site. We also post a version on our Rumble channel within 12-24 hours of going live at the above.

Also, do follow us on X (Twitter): @CutJibNews

And my X (Twitter) account at: @therealJJSefton

and on Instagram: @Cutjibnewsletter

TIP JAR : Your support helps keep the lights on and is truly appreciated. Note: We are on Stripe, not PayPal.

posted by J.J. Sefton at 07:41 AM

| Access Comments