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Trump’s Middle East Trip, Diddy Trial & Afrikaners Controversy | 5.14.25
Wed, 14 May 2025
President Trump travels to the Middle East, where he inks massive arms and investment deals, Sean Combs’ sex trafficking trial brings shocking testimony, and outrage from the Left as Trump welcomes Afrikaner refugees from South Africa. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.Shopify: Go to Shopify.com/morningwire to sign up for your $1 per month trial period today.
Chapter 1: What were the key deals made during Trump's Middle East trip?
President Trump secures a $600 billion investment in the U.S. from Saudi Arabia.
It is God's job to sit in judgment, my job to defend America and to promote the fundamental interests of stability, prosperity, and peace.
Chapter 2: What are President Trump's priorities in the Middle East?
What are the president's priorities during his Middle East trip?
I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, May 14th, and this is Morning Wire.
Shocking testimony out of the Sean Combs trial. What are the claims against the music mogul and how is his defense spinning the evidence?
The defense would push back. Their claim is that this is all consensual sex involving adults.
And outrage from the left as Trump welcomes white refugees from South Africa. What's the president's rationale for the resettlement program?
It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about. White farmers are being brutally killed.
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Chapter 3: What is the significance of the Saudi Arabia $600 billion investment?
Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. President Trump and an entourage of his top officials were in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, where the president secured a $600 billion investment in the U.S. and the largest arms deal in history.
Joining us from Washington is Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan. Hey, Mary Margaret. So some massive monetary investments already. What have we seen so far with this trip?
Good morning, John. Yes, I'm here at the White House, but Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia on one of the first big international trips of his administration. He went to Rome earlier this year for the funeral of Pope Francis, but now he's in Saudi Arabia and he'll also make visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He's mainly focused on business deals in the region.
He's already announced that Saudi Arabia has committed to investing $600 billion in the United States today. So lots of praising of Middle Eastern officials, touting of these agreements. And he also delivered remarks on Tuesday discussing his intent to bring world peace and also to defend the United States no matter what the cost.
Far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice. for their sins, they loved using our very powerful military, and now it's really the most powerful it's ever been. We believe in peace through strength.
You have to have the strength, otherwise bad things could happen, but hopefully we'll never have to use any of those weapons. Seems to be an awfully big waste of money if you're never gonna use them, but hopefully we'll never have to use them because the destructive power of some of those weapons are like nobody's seen before.
I believe it is God's job to sit in judgment, my job to defend America and to promote the fundamental interest of stability, prosperity, and peace.
So the United States and Saudi Arabia signed the largest defense sales deal in history. The White House announced on Tuesday, just hours into President Trump's four-day trip to the Middle East, that The nearly $142 billion deal will provide Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighter equipment and services from over a dozen American defense firms.
The White House says it underscores our commitment to strengthening our defense and security partnership, and they signed that largest defense sales deal in history on Tuesday.
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Chapter 4: What is Trump's stance on Iran during his Middle East visit?
I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness. In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace. That's what we want to see.
Clearly a very important trip and already some major agreements reached. Mary Margaret, thanks so much for joining us.
Thanks for having me.
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Chapter 5: Why is Trump lifting sanctions on Syria and what are the implications?
Eight months after he was arrested, the federal trial of music mogul Sean Diddy Combs kicked off this week in Manhattan. The charges he faces, including sex trafficking, coercion, and racketeering, have sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment industry.
Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham is here now with the latest. So, Megan, this is an extremely disturbing story, even worse than a lot of us expected. What have we seen so far?
You know, Georgia, what I can tell you is that the atmosphere so far at the Combs trial has been explosive. Some of the details that have been offered are extremely not safe for work. I think I could safely say that this is the most X-rated trial that I've ever followed.
So, you know, I do want to warn parents, if you have kids in earshot right now, you might want to put the show on pause before I get into it. But just some details. Inside the courtroom, these prosecutors painted a very dark picture. They alleged that Combs used his fame, his wealth, his multimedia empire.
to coerce and threaten women and prostitutes into this decade-long scheme involving sex trafficking and violence. They claim that he lured these women with promises of romance or career opportunities, only to then force them into what the prosecutors are calling freak-offs.
And essentially what they are is sexual performances that are drug-fueled involving male prostitutes, sometimes recorded in order to blackmail the people who participated in it. And they say that it was particularly during these freak offs when Combs would abuse the women in his life, including his former girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura.
Now, what specific charges is he facing? And then also, what kind of evidence did the prosecutors present?
Yeah, so Combs is facing five felony counts. He has one count of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and two counts of transportation for prostitution. So if convicted, he could face life in prison, but he will at least face a minimum of 15 years for those sex trafficking charges alone.
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Chapter 6: What shocking testimony has emerged in the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial?
Chapter 7: How is Sean Combs' defense responding to the sex trafficking allegations?
The defense would push back. Their claim is that this is all consensual sex involving adults.
Chapter 8: Why is there controversy over Trump welcoming Afrikaner refugees from South Africa?
And outrage from the left as Trump welcomes white refugees from South Africa. What's the president's rationale for the resettlement program?
It's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about. White farmers are being brutally killed.
Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. President Trump and an entourage of his top officials were in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, where the president secured a $600 billion investment in the U.S. and the largest arms deal in history.
Joining us from Washington is Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olihan. Hey, Mary Margaret. So some massive monetary investments already. What have we seen so far with this trip?
Good morning, John. Yes, I'm here at the White House, but Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia on one of the first big international trips of his administration. He went to Rome earlier this year for the funeral of Pope Francis, but now he's in Saudi Arabia and he'll also make visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He's mainly focused on business deals in the region.
He's already announced that Saudi Arabia has committed to investing $600 billion in the United States today. So lots of praising of Middle Eastern officials, touting of these agreements. And he also delivered remarks on Tuesday discussing his intent to bring world peace and also to defend the United States no matter what the cost.
Far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice. for their sins, they loved using our very powerful military, and now it's really the most powerful it's ever been. We believe in peace through strength.
You have to have the strength, otherwise bad things could happen, but hopefully we'll never have to use any of those weapons. Seems to be an awfully big waste of money if you're never gonna use them, but hopefully we'll never have to use them because the destructive power of some of those weapons are like nobody's seen before.
I believe it is God's job to sit in judgment, my job to defend America and to promote the fundamental interest of stability, prosperity, and peace.
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