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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthe president of the united states
WASHINGTON President Trump on Sunday shrugged off the brutal dismembering of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, just days after a United Nations report described how a team of Saudi assassins called Mr. Khashoggi a sacrificial animal before his murder.
The U.N. report urged an F.B.I. investigation into the slaying. But in an interview with NBCs Meet the Press, Mr. Trump said the episode had already been thoroughly investigated. He said the Middle East is a vicious, hostile place and noted that Saudi Arabia is an important trading partner with the United States.
I only say they spend $400 to $450 billion over a period of time, all money, all jobs, buying equipment, the president told Chuck Todd, the shows moderator. Im not like a fool that says, We dont want to do business with them. And by the way, if they dont do business with us, you know what they do? Theyll do business with the Russians or with the Chinese.
The U.N. report urged an F.B.I. investigation into the slaying. But in an interview with NBCs Meet the Press, Mr. Trump said the episode had already been thoroughly investigated. He said the Middle East is a vicious, hostile place and noted that Saudi Arabia is an important trading partner with the United States.
I only say they spend $400 to $450 billion over a period of time, all money, all jobs, buying equipment, the president told Chuck Todd, the shows moderator. Im not like a fool that says, We dont want to do business with them. And by the way, if they dont do business with us, you know what they do? Theyll do business with the Russians or with the Chinese.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/us/politics/trump-khashoggi-killing-saudi-arabia.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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spanone
Jun 2019
OP
one suspects this logic has dictated US foreign policy more than once pre-trump nt
msongs
Jun 2019
#1
I wonder if his reaction would be different if it had been Ivanka who had been butchered?
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2019
#7
msongs
(67,193 posts)1. one suspects this logic has dictated US foreign policy more than once pre-trump nt
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)9. Yep, he's that stupid
BadGimp
(4,009 posts)3. Ya gotta admire that kind of candor imo...
msongs
(67,193 posts)4. he knows nobody is gonna do anything to stop him nt
+100
lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. No I don't have to admire it.
And I dont. He thinks were fools and thats why he talks that way.
spanone
(135,632 posts)11. ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧ ⇧
lunatica
(53,410 posts)12. Thanks!
Trump doesnt show candor. He blabs outrageous lies. He and honesty dont know each other.
trusty elf
(7,348 posts)6. He disgusts me utterly.
demonizing the enemy...
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,538 posts)7. I wonder if his reaction would be different if it had been Ivanka who had been butchered?
Probably not. All Fat Donnie cares about is money -- specifically how he can get more out of Saudia Arabia and the American taxpayer.
BTW, I do not wish ill of any of Trump's children. They can't be blamed for who their sperm donor was. They could, however, have made better life choices as they became adults. I don't think being a narcissistic sociopath is hereditary.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)10. POS!