American taxpayers may have flown Donald Trump to the Middle East, but he's not there to negotiate on behalf of our strategic or national interests—he's on the prowl for goodies, and happy to make policy changes in return. Like, the new Syrian president offering a Trump Tower in Damascus: Zap, sanctions on Syria are over. Or the jumbo jet-giving Qataris requesting that Trump go 'easy' on Iran: 'Not a problem, no sirree.' Sorry to all the hawkish Trump voters out there who thought he'd deliver a maximum pressure campaign on Tehran. Plus, Russia's Potemkin peace talks with Ukraine, and another installment from ICE's cold-blooded deportation campaign.
Michael Weiss joins join Tim Miller.
show notes
Details on Qatar's 747 that no one wanted and is now being 'gifted' to Trump
NYT on Trump's expensive mini war vs. the Houthis that achieved nothing (gift)
Rep. Garcia confronting Kristi Noem about Andry, the gay makeup artist
The Triad on the new Afrikaner refugee who has thoughts about Jews
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