Trump: Saudi Arabia has 'been a great ally to me'

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President Trump on Tuesday said Saudi Arabia has "been a great ally to me" amid an international diplomatic crisis over allegations that Saudi agents killed a U.S.-based Saudi journalist in Istanbul.

Trump told Fox Business Network's Trish Regan that the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia's involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance will depend on "whether or not they knew about it."

"Saudi Arabia’s our partner, our ally against Iran," he said. "They’ve been a great ally to me."

"They’re investing tremendous amounts of money," he added, referring to America's $110 billion arms deal with the Saudi kingdom.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/411772-trump-saudi-arabia-has-been-a-great-ally-to-me

[lagomorph777]

1. "They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million"

At least he's upfront about it. Trump is going to let MBS get away with murder because of emoluments.

[pangaia]

2. First time he told the truth..........

[peekaloo]

3. He got to touch the Orb!!!!!!

How much Saudi money has lined his pockets over the years?

[dalton99a]

4. Jared Kushner 'deeply involved' in White House response to Khashoggi's disappearance

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jared-kushner-deeply-involved-white-house-response-khashoggis-disappearance-194816674.html

[Varaddem]

5. Wasn't

Our pushing for an embargo on Quatar was for the Investment on the 666 building.

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6. There is NO 110 billion dollar deal...

Saudi's purchased approx 113 billion under Obama - and so far during the Trump presidency (4 billion). Not many are
questioning that figure - least of all "theHill" which is a propaganda apparatus. Here is the wapo article:
"Trump’s $110 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia: still fake"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/11/trumps-billion-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-still-fake/?utm_term=.9ca13169f8a8

Everytime Trump says this (a reputable news source should knock the claim down). "theHill" purposely leaves that little tidbit hanging. Posters here should be disabused from thinking theHill is an unbiased news source. It is in fact amateurish psyop. That so many
democrats fall for this bullshit is pathetic.

[malaise]

7. Down memory lane

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gets-elaborate-welcome-in-saudi-arabia-embarking-on-first-foreign-trip/2017/05/20/679f2766-3d1d-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f5f2c23c8f56

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8. The wapo article you link refers to a joint "strategic vision."

Signing of "pledges" and "vision statements" does not mean the money pledges will actually change hands. Like all of what Trump does - it's for public consumption. I'm not suggesting Trump isn't compromised by Saudi money - only that
he "fluffs" the figures to make realpolitik acceptable to his backers. "Oh well, it's too bad they killed and dismembered
the journalist - but at least our defense companies are making $$" YAY!!!!

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10. here is the straight dope on the 110 billion deal

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-is-the-top-buyer-of-u-s-weapons/

"Last year in May, President Trump used his first foreign trip as an occasion to visit the kingdom and sign an arms deal advertised as $110 billion —a figure experts have since disputed as inflated, since it was not based on actual, signed contracts and included at least $23 billion previously approved by the Obama administration, according to Defense One. But even before that announcement, Saudi Arabia was by far the U.S.' largest arms client, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Over the five years ending in 2017, nearly one-fifth of American weapons exports went to Saudi Arabia, SIPRI reports. Overall, half went to the Middle East and North Africa. In the 2017 calendar year alone, some $18 billion in new Saudi arms deals were cleared by the U.S."

[malaise]

11. We all know the figure is a lie

He's a pathological LIAR

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9. Too bad they're not a great ally to the US.