12 MAY 2025: Trump’s Big Deals With the Arabs: Nuclear, AI Chips, Planes and Hamas // China Trade Deal Update: A Warning // The Trump Tease Revealed // DC Democrats Attack Cops - Head to Prison
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
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🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he breaks down today’s biggest stories shaping America and the world.
Trump Heads to the Middle East: Trillions in Deals, Controversy in the Skies – President Trump begins his foreign trip with stops in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar. Topics range from $1T in U.S. investments and Saudi nuclear energy to advanced AI chips and Middle East peace talks. Controversy erupts over Qatar’s offer to gift Trump a $400M Boeing 747, possibly violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause.
Gaza Governance and a Possible Hostage Release – Rumors swirl that Trump may announce a U.S.-led interim government for Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas is expected to release the last American hostage in Gaza this week, with unknown concessions.
Prescription Drug Reform Is the Big Announcement – Trump officially unveils a plan to slash U.S. drug prices by tying Medicare reimbursements to international price levels, potentially cutting costs by 80%. But lawsuits and bipartisan resistance could derail the move unless legislation passes.
U.S. and China Reach Tentative Trade Reset – Talks in Switzerland yield “substantial progress,” according to Treasury Secretary Bessent. Trump proposes a new 10% baseline tariff but demands strict enforcement to curb Chinese cheating, fentanyl trafficking, and cyber intrusions.
Universities Under Scrutiny for Foreign Cash – Trump’s DOE launches a probe into the University of Pennsylvania for failing to disclose foreign donations. Over $30B in foreign funds poured into U.S. universities during the Biden years, with China, Saudi Arabia, and Germany topping the list.
ICE Facility Brawl Leads to Possible Arrests of House Democrats – Two congresswomen could face charges after physically assaulting officers at a Newark ICE detention center. The incident, caught on video, also boosts the political profile of Newark’s mayor, who was arrested during the scuffle.
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| 0:00.0 | It's May 12th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:12.2 | A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Wright Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | I've got two big reefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:27.7 | First up, President Trump is heading to the Middle East later today with foreign wars and peace and controversy on his mind and up on the sky. |
| 0:35.6 | That is because apparently he is considering the acceptance of a gift |
| 0:38.7 | from the government of Qatar of a Boeing 747. That's quite a gift. Details on that and more coming |
| 0:45.0 | up. Second, President Trump is also dealing with lots of domestic wars and peace and controversies |
| 0:50.5 | this morning from the tariff war with China to a likely war within his own party |
| 0:54.9 | over drug prices to, of course, the border wars. In fact, on that one, we've got a doozy of a |
| 0:59.9 | story. A congresswoman on Friday, she attacked a police officer at an ice facility. Of course, |
| 1:05.1 | that holds illegal aliens. She was very upset about that. And she could be arrested this week |
| 1:09.8 | for doing it. Details on that domestic crises coming up. |
| 1:14.5 | But first, let's get to our top stories of the morning from abroad. |
| 1:18.1 | President Trump is set to be wheels up in the next few hours on his first foreign trip |
| 1:22.4 | abroad. |
| 1:23.3 | He's going to be in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, then off to the Arab nations of the UAE and Qatar, |
| 1:28.2 | before returning home on Friday. |
| 1:30.3 | The Saudi stop is expected to be the least controversial of the three because it's largely |
| 1:34.6 | going to be focused on just business deals. |
| 1:36.9 | Mr. Trump is asking the Saudis to invest $1 trillion in this country, and he might get |
| 1:42.1 | pretty close to that number, officially tomorrow. |
| 1:44.9 | But as Reuters news reports, he's going to have to give the Saudis a few things back in exchange, |
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