• Donald Trump trying to push through multi-billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia despite human rig
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[quote] The arms sales contracts are likely to comprise of Lockheed Martin Co program packages with a Terminal Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile defence system worth $1bn (£770 million), a C2BMC software system, and a package with satellite capabilities. Provided by BAE Systems PLC, a Bradley Fighting Vehicle and an M109 artillery vehicle are also under consideration as part of the deal. In addition, an $11.5bn (£8.86bn) package made up of four multi-mission surface combatant ships, which had been approved by the US state department in 2015 but never made it to final contract, will also be revisited. If this deal goes through, it will be the first sale of a small surface warship to a foreign power in decades. [/quote] [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-arms-weapons-deal-sale-human-rights-yemen-latest-a7721106.html] source [/url] Hey remember when Donald Trump kept shitting on American Muslims and Syrian Refugees? The Saudi Arabian government actually all the vile shit the far right lump on every day Muslims. It's okay to crap on those who can't fight back or pay into Trump's good will apparently. Trump is a complete and utter cowardly [i] cunt. [/i]
*despite human rights concerns You don't want to point out he's hypocritical guys - otherwise you're gonna be accused of just moaning about him no matter what!!! /s
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52194790]*despite human rights concerns You don't want to point out he's hypocritical guys - otherwise you're gonna be accused of just moaning about him no matter what!!! /s[/QUOTE] The title got fucked. Hopefully a mod fixes it.
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52194793]The title got fucked. Hopefully a mod fixes it.[/QUOTE] I was sitting here trying to figure out what a human rig was and why that would be bad. Also this: [I]"They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much."[/I] - Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia
from the article: [QUOTE] Mr Trump's administration is keen to repair the relationship with the regional power following tensions caused by the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. [/QUOTE] Trump ditching the Iranian nuclear deal to appease the Saudi's would be worrying.
Didn't he say he was going to stick it to the Saudis since they're bad allies or am I mistaken? I remember something about him talking a lot of shit about them since Hillary had ties to them
[QUOTE=Dr.C;52194929]Didn't he say he was going to stick it to the Saudis since they're bad allies or am I mistaken? I remember something about him talking a lot of shit about them since Hillary had ties to them[/QUOTE] If you're expecting any form of consistency from Donald Trump you don't know his character well enough.
Perhaps he really like the way things roll there: "Ahh! Mister President of US of America's. I have heard that you are fond of grabbing women by the pussy. Well I am happy to inform you that grabbing women by the pussy is always legal here in Saudi Arabia"
I'm absolutely serious when I say this, I'm actually really fucking surprised there haven't been more plots to assassinate this guy. I'm not saying it because I'm being angsty, I'm saying it because he's so much more strongly hated than previous presidents. Remember how many people got caught with plots to kill Obama?
Is anyone even surprised? Every president since FDR had a cozy time with the saudis
One cannot want cheap gas/oil without getting comfy with the Saudis. With the shitshow in Venezuela and Iraq, it's a surprise to me that the Saudis weren't higher on the list of people to talk to.
Haha, Trump totally is gonna kill Isis by trading with a state that funds Islamic extrimists.
Selling arms to Saudi Arabia that are eventually used against civilians then not allowing those civilians into the US because they are the dangerous ones is the ultimate 4D chess move.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;52206438]Selling arms to Saudi Arabia that are eventually used against civilians then not allowing those civilians into the US because they are the dangerous ones is the ultimate 4D chess move.[/QUOTE] More like nobody cares about the human costs as long as you can improve the bottom line at the end of the day.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52194859]I was sitting here trying to figure out what a human rig was and why that would be bad. Also this: [I]"They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much."[/I] - Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia[/QUOTE] Source?
[QUOTE=MrRalgoman;52206611]Source?[/QUOTE] Here's the speech from which that quote comes from, the bit we're talking about starts 14 minutes in. [video=youtube;4Rga8O2ofyo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rga8O2ofyo[/video] and here's a [URL="http://www.whatthefolly.com/2015/08/25/transcript-donald-trumps-speech-in-mobile-alabama-part-3/"]transcript[/URL] from that speech.
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