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kentuck

(111,069 posts)
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 02:20 PM Nov 2018

Trump and Company in Saudi Arabia seem to be in a hurry to close a deal ??

Why else would Trump go out of his way to befriend the new Prince?? The Butcher of Istanbul, the CIA has suggested. With high probability.

The "deal" had never ceased. It has being going on since before the Administration took over with their political coup.

It began when Erik Prince met with Russian financier and others, on an island off the coast of Africa. They were there to discuss the private construction of nuclear plants in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East. Donald Trump was planning on a big cut in that "private investment".

So, now, we should not be surprised with the way he is acting toward Saudi leaders. He is probably more worried about keeping this "deal" than whether or not he might be impeached?

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Trump and Company in Saudi Arabia seem to be in a hurry to close a deal ?? (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2018 OP
Certainly suspicious. empedocles Nov 2018 #1
Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb? CharleyDog Nov 2018 #2
Khasshogi knew LuvLoogie Nov 2018 #3
Thought-provoking. kentuck Nov 2018 #4

CharleyDog

(757 posts)
2. Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb?
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 03:27 PM
Nov 2018
NYT:

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But there is a hitch: [in the 80 billion dollar deal with the US Energy Dept and the US State Dept to sell nuclear plant plans]. Saudi Arabia insists on producing its own nuclear fuel, even though it could buy it more cheaply abroad, according to American and Saudi officials familiar with the negotiations. That raised concerns in Washington that the Saudis could divert their fuel into a covert weapons project — exactly what the United States and its allies feared Iran was doing before it reached the 2015 nuclear accord, which President Trump has since abandoned.

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