Trump: Saudi Arabia paid the US $1 billion for more troops. Pentagon: Eh, not quite. [View all]
Source: vox.com
Trump seemingly announced a major deal during his latest Fox News interview, but officials are walking it back.
By Aaron Rupar@atrupar Jan 14, 2020, 1:20pm EST
............Trump’s comments immediately raised questions: Into which bank account did Saudi Arabia deposit the $1 billion? What exactly are US troops doing over there? And did this transaction even happen, or was the president just making stuff up?
Days later, we’ve learned a bit more about what Trump was talking about. And it seems the president, as he often does, was exaggerating.
In a statement to Vox, Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich said, “The Department of Defense has engaged Saudi Arabia on contributing to US activities that support regional security and dissuade hostility and aggression.”
But the statement did not specify whether any sort of financial transaction took place — on the contrary, it said that “discussions are ongoing to formalize these contributions.”
Here’s Rebarich’s statement in full:..................
..............Trump’s comments came during an interview in which he bragged about war crimes, told blatant lies about the FBI, and said he feels no obligation to publicly detail the intelligence underpinning his decision to approve a military strike against an Iranian official that brought the country to the brink of war....................
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2020/1/14/21065432/trump-laura-ingraham-interview-saudi-arabia-troops
Exaggerating?? heck no! Trump outright LIED as usual.
"Any of those remarks from the mouth of the president would’ve likely generated a major scandal in a previous era. But three years in, Trump has normalized gaslighting and authoritarian rhetoric to such an extent that this interview with Ingraham barely registered as a blip on the news radar."
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