CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 19, 2026
HOW TO SUM UP PESIDENT TRUMP’S TRIP TO ARAB STATES IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
OUTWARDLY IT APPEARED A GRAND SUCCESS WITH EACH NATION HE VISITED PLEDGING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AMERICAN BUSINESSES. IF ALL THE MONEY COMES THROUGH THERE IT WILL LIKELY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT. BUT AS WE’VE SEEN BEFORE, THESE NATIONS EXPECT SOMETHING IN RETURN. IT COULD BE INCREASED ISOLATION FROM ISRAEL. IT MIGHT BE FURTHER INFILTRATION OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, WHICH THEIR PHILOSOPHIES AND RELIGION ARE ALREADY DOING FROM K TO 12 AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR UNIVERSITIES.
IT’S NOT LIKELY TO INCLUDE A CESSATION OF MONEY TO HAMAS IN GAZA. $1.8 BILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT. THEY CLAIM IT’S FOR “HUMANITARIAN” PURPOSES, BUT MONEY IS FUNGIBLE AND CAN BE USED TO MAKE WAR. BESIDES WE’VE ALREADY SEEN HOW AID IS STOLEN BY HAMAS AND NEVER REACHES PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
THEN THERE’S IRAN. THE PRESIDENT HAS PITCHED A DEAL TO THE TERRORIST STATE, BUT AS WE’VE SEEN BEFORE, IRAN BREAKS DEALS, BARS INSPECTORS AND PROCEEDS TO ITS GOAL OF OBTAINING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MISSILES TO DELIVER THEM. THEY SEE US AND ISRAEL TARGETS FOR DESTRUCTIONS. THEY SAY SO. BELIEVE THEM! I’M CAL THOMAS.
