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What A Day

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is expected to wrap up the first major international trip of his second term today when he returns from the Middle East. His four-day trip to the Gulf was less about good, old-fashioned diplomacy, and more about doing deals. Lots of them: a $600 billion investment agreement with Saudi Arabia, the details of which remain extremely vague; a nearly $150 billion defense deal with the Kingdom; a major artificial intelligence deal with the United Arab Emirates. And of course, there’s that gifted plane from the Qatari Royal Family. Mohammed Sergie, Gulf editor for Semafor, talks about what Trump accomplished on his trip. Plus, author Casey Johnston joins us to talk about her new book, 'A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting.' And in headlines: The Supreme Court appeared torn over the enforcement of Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, Russian President Vladimir Putin was a no-show at planned peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey, and Walmart executives said the company will have to raise prices because of Trump’s tariffs.

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0:00.0

It's Friday, May 16th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is Waddey, the show that stands with Texas Democrats and sports fans who want to ban Republican Senator Ted Cruz from college playoff events.

0:14.5

Because when Ted Cruz is in attendance, Texas teams tend to lose.

0:19.0

To quote a Democratic proteofficial, the nine scariest words for any college fan to hear are,

0:24.6

I'm Ted Cruz and I'm coming to your game.

0:26.6

Now, as a good journalist, I reached out to the Cruz team.

0:30.6

Via a spokesperson, I received the following response.

0:33.6

The senator has been attending Texas sports games his entire life. When they win, he's there. When they

0:39.7

lose, he's there. Okay. On today's show, the Supreme Court appears torn over the enforcement of President

0:48.9

Donald Trump's order to end birthright citizenship. And Walmart says it's going to have to raise

0:53.8

prices soon because of Trump's tariffs. But let's start Walmart says it's going to have to raise prices soon because

0:54.8

of Trump's tariffs. But let's start with the president's trip to the Middle East.

1:00.0

On Thursday, Trump started his day in Qatar before flying to the United Arab Emirates,

1:05.2

the last stop on his trip. While in Qatar, Trump visited the United States's largest army base

1:10.5

in the Middle East in Doha and took part in a business roundtable.

1:14.5

And in the UAE, he toured the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and once again regaled an audience with his views on the term, groceries.

1:23.3

Costs are way down.

1:24.8

Groceries are the way they have a term grocery.

1:27.0

It's an old term, but it means basically what you're buying food. It's a pretty accurate term, but it's an old-fashioned sound. But groceries are down, costs are down, eggs are down.

1:37.1

Groceries are now on the list with Hannibal Lecter, as things I don't think Trump understands at any level.

1:43.8

But groceries aside, this trip wasn't

1:45.9

about diplomacy. This trip was about doing deals. $600 billion in deals with Saudi Arabia's

1:52.3

government, the details of which remain extremely vague, and nearly $150 billion defense deal with

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