Thank You President Trump for your Courage and Effort During Your First Trip Abroad

FEATURED IMAGE: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump join King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Sunday, May 21, 2017, to participate in the inaugural opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

By Marielena Montesino de Stuart

These images only show the surface of an extremely rigorous trip by President Trump, the First Lady, members of the First Family, as well as U.S. cabinet officials– trying to broker a peace deal for the Middle East, while protecting America’s future and prosperity.

I will add images of the President’s journey through Europe, including his visit with Francis in the Vatican. Thank you President Trump for your courage and your effort.

Someone has to say the truth…

Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels, EU.

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LESSON NO.1: RESPECT PRESIDENT TRUMP– Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. needs a lesson in diplomacy

By Marielena Montesino de Stuart

The first lesson an ambassador needs to learn is to respect the President of his host country, no matter the venue or geographic location. But Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, must have skipped that lesson.

With cameras rolling and in plain sight of journalists, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, showed fragile amusement (including a smirk) when President Trump innocently remarked, “we just got back from the Middle East, we just got back from Saudi Arabia.”  This meeting with Israeli officials was open to the press. And the mainstream media, which is mostly comprised of a few clowns short of a circus, is running loose with the story– claiming that Trump implied that Israel is not in the Middle East.

This innocent mistake on the part of President Trump, should have been overlooked by Ron Dermer, considering that Dermer’s duties as a “top” diplomat require that he show respect for the U.S. President– a President who has made sure that Israel remain untouched under his administrations’s deep cuts to foreign aid.

Trump’s plan calls for slashing the State Department’s $50 billion budget by about 28%. But Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, announced that U.S. annual aid to Israel, which this year was close to $3.1 billion, would not be touched under Trump’s plan. A very generous aid indeed from American taxpayers.

Israel gets more U.S. aid than any other nation– which is something that Mr. Dermer should consider, before smirking and throwing his hand up to his face in front of President Trump.

Ron Dermer’s fragile demeanor

So, did it ever occur to Mr. Dermer that President Trump may have been very tired? These foreign trips involve a monumental and extremely complicated schedule of security checkpoints and requirements, just for the President to move from point A to point B. I doubt that Mr. Dermer could keep up with such a schedule, considering his fragile demeanor.

President Trump’s exhausting good-will, peace-dealing tour through the Middle East is not just rigorous, but it is non-stop.  For example, the President had to meet with Mahmoud Abbas at 3:00am, U.S. Eastern time!

Moreover, in order to broker the ever-elusive peace deal in the Middle East, President Trump is forced to taste the bitter fruits of more than one thousand years of religious, tribal and cultural discord between Moslems and Jews– and 2,017 years of religious conflict, since Christ walked on the streets of the Holy Land preaching peace and love, for which he was nailed to the Cross!

Mr. Dermer needs a reprimand and retraining in diplomacy– if he wants to keep his job. All he had to do is keep a straight face when the President made the innocent erroneous remark.

As a key host during President Trump’s visit to Israel, it was Mr. Dermer’s obligation to practice diplomacy and show some class.

Someone has to say the truth…

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ADDITIONAL REFERENCE: 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be regretting forcing his ministers to meet Donald Trump | The Independent

Israeli diplomat facepalms after Trump's Middle East gaffe | Daily Mail Online

President Trump’s schedule for Saturday – Sunday, 5/20/17 – 5/21/17 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Ron Dermer could never keep up with this!)

Saturday (all times are local//eastern)

• 9:50 AM // 2:50 AM Arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – King Khalid International Airport
• 1:30 PM // 6:30 AM President and First Lady participate in the Royal Court Official Arrival Ceremony – The Royal Court Palace
• 1:45 PM // 6:45 AM President and First Lady participate in the Coffee Ceremony and Presentation of the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal – The Royal Court Palace
• 2:15 PM // 7:15 AM President and First Lady participate in the Royal Banquet Luncheon – The Royal Court Palace
• 3:20 PM // 8:20 AM The President participates in a United States – Saudi Arabia bilateral meeting – The Royal Court Palace
• 3:55 PM // 8:55 AM The President participates in the Signing Ceremony – The Royal Court Palace
• 5:05 PM // 10:05 AM The President participates in a bilateral meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia – The Ritz-Carlton
• 5:40 PM // 10:40 AM The President participates in a bilateral meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia – The Ritz-Carlton
• 8:25 PM // 1:25 PM President and First Lady arrive at Murabba Palace and participate in the Welcome Ceremony – Murabba Palace
• 8:45 PM // 1:45 PM President and First Lady participate in a reception with King Salman and members of the United States and Saudi delegations – Murabba Palace
• 8:55 PM // 1:55 PM President and First Lady participate in the Royal Banquet Dinner – Murabba Palace
• 9:40 PM // 2:40 PM President and First Lady participate in a National Museum Tour – Murabba Palace

Sunday

• 9:00 AM // 2:00 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the King of Bahrain – The Ritz-Carlton
• 9:20 AM // 2:20 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the Amir of Qatar – The Ritz-Carlton
• 9:50 AM // 2:50 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the President of Egypt – The Ritz-Carlton
• 11:10 AM // 4:10 AM The president participates in a United States Gulf Cooperation Council Meeting – The King Abdulaziz Conference Center
• 12:45 PM // 5:45 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the Amir of Kuwait – The Ritz-Carlton
• 1:05 PM // 6:05 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Oman – The Ritz-Carlton
• 2:25 PM // 7:25 AM The president participates in a reception with Heads of State – The King Abdulaziz Conference Center
• 3:00 PM // 8:00 AM The president delivers comments at the Arab Islamic American Summit Luncheon – The King Abdulaziz Conference Center
• 4:15 PM // 9:15 AM The president participates in the Arab Islamic American Summit – The King Abdulaziz Conference Center
• 7:50 PM // 12:50 PM The president participates in the Inauguration of Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology – Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology
• 8:25 PM // 1:25 PM The president participates in Remarks at Tweeps 2017 – The Ritz-Carlton

President Trump’s schedule for Monday, 5/22/2017

All Times Local // Eastern

• 9:30 AM // 2:30 AM The president and first lady depart Riyadh, Saudi Arabia en route to Tel Aviv, Israel – King Khalid International Airport
• 12:15 PM // 5:15 AM The president and first lady arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel and participate in the Airport Welcome Ceremony – Ben Gurion International Airport
• 1:20 PM // 6:20 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with President Reuven Rivlin of Israel – President Rivlin’s Residence
• 1:55 PM // 6:55 AM The president delivers remarks with President Rivlin – President Rivlin’s Residence
• 2:15 PM // 7:15 AM The president and first lady visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• 3:25 PM // 8:25 AM The president and first lady visit the Western Wall – Western Wall
• 6:00 PM // 11:00 AM The president meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel – King David Hotel
• 7:25 PM // 12:25 PM The president delivers remarks with Prime Minister Netanyahu – Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Residence
• 7:30 PM // 12:30 PM The president and first lady have dinner with Prime Minister and Mrs. Netanyahu – Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Residence

President Trump’s schedule for Tuesday, 5/23/17

All Times Local//Eastern Time

• 9:50 AM // 2:50 AM The president participates in an arrival ceremony with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority – Presidential Palace, Bethlehem
• 10:00 AM // 3:00 AM The president participates in a bilateral meeting with President Abbas – Presidential Palace, Bethlehem
• 10:40 AM // 3:40 AM The president gives remarks with President Abbas – Presidential Palace, Bethlehem
• 1:00 PM // 6:00 AM The president and first lady participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem – Yad Vashem
• 1:15 PM // 6:15 AM The president gives remarks at Yad Vashem – Yad Vashem
• 2:00 PM // 7:00 AM The president gives remarks at the Israel Museum – Israel Museum
• 3:45 PM // 8:45 AM The president and first lady depart Tel Aviv, Israel en route to Rome, Italy – Ben Gurion Airport
• 6:30 PM // 12:30 PM The president and first lady arrive in Rome, Italy – Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport

Copyright © Marielena Montesino de Stuart. All rights reserved.

FOR THE RECORD: Donald J. Trump addresses AIPAC on March 21, 2016

Donald J. Trump spoke today before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)– a lobbying group that advocates pro-Israel policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States.

Here is Trump’s speech in audio format:

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What will Francis say to the Israelis and the Palestinians?

By Marielena Montesino de Stuart

There is a lot going on behind the scenes in the Knesset and the Palestinian National Authority– and it is very ugly.  Will Francis confront both sides during his visit to the Holy Land?  

If not, what is the sense of hosting an inter-faith prayer summit (quasi-peace talks) in the Vatican, on June 6?

Find out the details of the explosive story behind these meetings.

Someone has to say the truth…

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