by Joseph P. Farrell, Giza Death Star:
If you’ve been following the news lately, you might have heard that there have been “air traffic control incidents” at the busy international airport in Newark, New Jersey. The “incidents” have followed revelations of a number of “issues” involving air traffic safety in the United States. Only recall the tragic collision of a military helicopter and a civilian airliner at Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport, an “accident” that I personally do not yet think has been adequately explained. In the case of Newark International, these incidents have involved its air traffic control system, which appears to have been “blanking out” for periods of time, the most recent incident being a 90 second outage of radar contact! If you’ve been following this crazy story, you’ll be aware that there’s all sorts of explanations being floated, from near-obsolescent, if not obsolete, equipment, to the computer programs that run the Air Traffic at Newark being on floppy disk media (I kid you not!).
On Monday, President Trump travelled to the Gulf, aiming to secure $1 trillion in deals and investments, according to U.S. and Arab officials. His focus in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE is mainly on financial matters, with less emphasis on geopolitical issues. Although Trump hopes for a Saudi-Israel normalisation agreement, he and his advisors acknowledge its unlikelihood due to the ongoing Gaza conflict, which frustrates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as discussions on Iran and relations with Qatar proceed with little Israeli involvement.