SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

THE TRUMP EFFECT – FROM GATEWAY PUNDIT:   Here are the results to date and from last night:  Overall Record on President Trump’s endorsements – 81 Wins, 3 Losses*, 1 to be determined (Oz of Pennsylvania).  Okay, hats off to the former president.  His endorsements seem to make a difference, or is it that he understands what people want?

MIDEAST INTRIGUE – FROM THE JERUSALEM POST:  Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in the White House on Wednesday to discuss the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear project and the progress made by the Islamic Republic. The meeting came less than a day after the Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Salman met with Sullivan. On Wednesday, Bin Salman met with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who Gantz is scheduled to meet on Thursday.   The timing of both meetings lent to speculation that Israel was coordinating next moves on Iran with the US and Saudi Arabia.  I certainly hope so.  Iran is a major and growing threat...even when it is off the front pages.  It is also an ally of Russia.  It also has powerful, if self-deluded, friends in Washington and Europe.  I hope there are people in key places who understand the importance of Iran not being permitted to be a nuclear power.

May 18, 2022