I guess Ivanka and Jared won’t get this trip on the taxpayer dime. But I am sure they will claim a loss on their taxes.
NYT has run this very touching essay by the fiance of Khashoggi. They would have been married by now.
I hope she has good security.
Cheeto Mussolini’s whine that the Saudis will cancel arms purchases if we hold their feet to the fire over this is troubling for me.
First America should never allow our country integrity to be held hostage for business gain. The jobs argument is a shiny bauble but it’s insignificant.
Second our security is not enhanced by being the world’s largest arms dealer. (See Pakistan)
Thirdly the argument that the Saudis will buy elsewhere if we offend them is a non-starter. They do not want to buy inferior or second class weaponry which is what they’d get from Russia or China. It’s doubtful that the EU would look favorably at supplying them and they’d never turn to Israel.
Trump says “rogue killers” probably did the Khashoggi killing.
So then, does the Saudi Embassy have any security check at the door for weapons of unknown “rogue” people?? High schools, all sorts of public buildings do that here.
I doubt Russian spare parts would fit on an F-15 or that any of our military rifle rounds would work in an AK-47
Goes without saying. But that’s not whart they’re buying.
Here’s What Saudi Arabia Is Buying In Its $110 Billion Arms Deal
You saw the same video we all did, they just have this guy who bows. And those “rogue killers” probably came and left via a tunnel becuz of WALLS.
(see BUILD THAT WALL!!)
Looks like Mnuchin will get to have a seat in the front row, and there may be extra puddings at lunch.
She can hope for the best and plan for the worst.
It is a strange world. A newspaper takes strong action against a foreign government, and the supposed leader of our government is apparently hoping to convince us all that the killing was done by a rogue agent. (Maybe it was the 400lbs guy eating Cheetos originally suggested as the person who hacked the DNC.)
It must be autumn.