The Cannon

David Bozell
May 17
3 min read

Your blast of infotainment from ForAmerica.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Trump Didn’t Tour the Middle East, He Cashed It In

While past presidents posed for photos and gave speeches abroad, Trump went straight for the deal table and walked away with over $2 trillion in hard economic commitments. Not pledges. Not promises. Signed deals.

Saudi Arabia committed $600 billion in U.S. investment. Qatar signed on for $1.2 trillion in economic exchange, plus $243.5 billion in commercial deals that included major purchases from Boeing and GE Aerospace. And the UAE added another $200 billion in commercial agreements.

That’s not diplomacy. That’s strategic capitalism. Trump used America’s leverage not to apologize for our success, but to expand it. He didn’t ask what we could give. He asked what we could gain — and he got it.

This is what “America First” looks like when it’s not just a slogan.

America First Brought Hostage Edan Alexander Home

While the Biden administration offered carefully worded statements, Edan Alexander remained in captivity in Gaza. What brought him home wasn’t diplomatic theater. It was leverage, relationships, and the will to act.

Behind the scenes, President Trump reactivated connections he built while in office. He knew who to call and how to apply pressure, and that pressure worked. No payouts. No concessions. Just results.

Edan’s safe return wasn’t just a win overseas. It was a reminder of what happens when leadership puts American lives at the center of the mission, whether abroad or here at home.

Because while Trump was pushing for results on the world stage, he was also taking on one of the most entrenched powers in American politics: Big Pharma.

Big Pharma Is the Left's Newest... Ally?

For years, Americans paid more for prescription drugs than anyone else. Other countries got discounts while U.S. patients footed the bill. Politicians talked about fixing it. Trump actually did something.

His “Most Favored Nation” rule forces drug companies to give Americans the same price they offer overseas. That means real savings. In some cases, up to 80 percent off. It’s not some pilot program or abstract plan. It’s a policy designed to shake up a system that’s worked against regular people for decades.

Naturally, the pharmaceutical lobby is fighting back. But what’s more telling is how quiet the Left gets when real reform shows up. These are the same individuals who openly praised Luigi Mangione, the man who murdered UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, just because they hate Big Pharma. That was celebrated as some kind of twisted justice. But when Trump takes legal, executive action to lower drug prices? Silence.

The double standard says everything. The Left was willing to cozy up to Big Pharma during Covid, and now again when Trump takes them on. Their politics are about scoring points, not about principle.

Thanks for reading this week’s Cannon. The fight for America’s future continues — online, in Congress, and in culture.

For freedom,

David Bozell

President, ForAmerica

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