Trump’s Middle East Trip, Supreme Court Hearing, Sports Happenings, & More | 05.16.25

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

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Today, we’re talking about President Trump’s deals and diplomacy in the Middle East, whether or not a district judge can issue a universal injunction, updates in the pro sports world, and other top news for Friday, May 16th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with The Pour Over Today. Please support our TPO sponsors! Upside: https://links.thepourover.org/Upside Cru: give.cru.org/pour LMNT: https://links.thepourover.org/LMNT_Podcast Student Life Application Study Bible: https://links.thepourover.org/SLASB_Pod Stress Less: https://links.thepourover.org/StressLess Platforms to Pillars: https://links.thepourover.org/PlatformstoPillars Subsplash: subsplash.com/tpo CSB: https://links.thepourover.org/CSB_podcast Field of Greens: FieldofGreens.com The Table Podcast: https://links.thepourover.org/TheTablePodcast

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Joe at the Porover.
0:05.2	And this is Elliot the Porover.
0:07.4	Today, we're talking about President Trump's deals and diplomacy in the Middle East,
0:12.6	whether or not a district judge can issue a universal injunction,
0:17.1	updates in the pro sports world, and other top news for Friday, May 16th.
0:22.4	Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pour over today.
0:26.8	Here's your verse of the day.
0:28.8	The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
0:33.4	Psalm 121 8.
0:36.6	Let's get started with some espresso shots.
0:38.3	President Trump is wrapping up his jam-packed Middle East business trip today.
0:46.3	Wednesday, Trump met with Syrian President,
0:49.3	Nakhmed al-Shara, urging the former Islamist militant to deport all foreign terrorists from Syria
0:56.6	and mend its ties with Israel. The encounter, the first U.S. Syria presidential meeting since 2000,
1:03.2	followed Trump's announcement that he would lift all U.S. sanctions on the Middle Eastern
1:08.7	nation. Then, No. 47 jetted to Qatar and the U.A. sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation. Then, number 47 jetted to Qatar and the UAE, signing
1:14.7	multi-billion dollar business deals between the U.S. and the Persian Gulf countries.
1:20.2	Not on the itinerary? Turkey. Both President Trump and Russian President Putin decided to skip
1:26.9	a visit to Istanbul yesterday.
1:29.8	On Sunday, Putin had suggested he was ready to hold, quote, direct negotiations for peace with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
1:38.4	Zelenskyy showed up, but refused to negotiate with Putin's, quote, stand-in props.
1:50.1	Thank you. refuse to negotiate with Putin's quote, stand-in props. Christians should be committed to praying for world leaders,
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