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riversedge

(70,205 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:07 PM Sep 2019

'Saudi Arabia Pays Cash': Trump Admits 'Unlike Other Presidents' He'll Be Renting Out US Troops for




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Published on September 16, 2019 at 06:14 PM ET



‘Saudi Arabia Pays Cash’: Trump Admits ‘Unlike Other Presidents’ He’ll Be Renting Out US Troops for Military Action

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/09/saudi-arabia-pays-cash-trump-admits-unlike-other-presidents-hell-be-renting-out-us-troops-for-military-action/#.XYAn8yT02Eo.twitter
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“Saudi Arabia pays cash,” Trump boasted in the Oval Office during a press gaggle.


“We would certainly help them,” Trump said, noting that “they’ve been a great ally, they spend $400 billion in our country over the last number of years. $400 billion, that’s a million-and-a-half jobs,”

Moments earlier Trump admitted that if the U.S. engages in military action against the country of Saudi Arabia’s choosing, Saudi Arabia would “be very much involved in paying for that.”

“This is something that’s much different than other presidents would mention,” Trump said, repeatedly saying the Saudi’s “would be very much involved,” and “that includes payment.”
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Trump is literally renting out the U.S. Armed Forces, and admitting it. No mention what happens if and when any U.S. service members die as a result of his freelancing out our troops.

Vox co-founder Matthew Yglesias offered this disturbing tidbit, too:




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'Saudi Arabia Pays Cash': Trump Admits 'Unlike Other Presidents' He'll Be Renting Out US Troops for (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2019 OP
Trump's Suggestion of Iran Strike Raises Bipartisan Alarm riversedge Sep 2019 #1
Jeezus fucking kris . . . Iliyah Sep 2019 #2
yehhhhhh... dweller Sep 2019 #3
What a terrible idea! secondwind Sep 2019 #4
If he orders a strike and Americans are killed and we get dragged into a conflict captain queeg Sep 2019 #5
Ha! 2naSalit Sep 2019 #14
This has become maniacal. world wide wally Sep 2019 #6
So... troops will be safe if Saudis don't pay, but sent to war ecstatic Sep 2019 #7
Wonder how the troops feel CanonRay Sep 2019 #8
We've allowed presidents too much power. Liberal In Texas Sep 2019 #9
That's human trafficking Leith Sep 2019 #10
Some needs to ask military families Takket Sep 2019 #11
Why are we helping a hostile foreign power? Initech Sep 2019 #12
and exactly how much is his "pimp's fee"? not_the_one Sep 2019 #13
+1 2naSalit Sep 2019 #15

riversedge

(70,205 posts)
1. Trump's Suggestion of Iran Strike Raises Bipartisan Alarm
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:12 PM
Sep 2019

damn. we are in deep trouble. yes. we are.



Trump’s Suggestion of Iran Strike Raises Bipartisan Alarm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-suggestion-of-iran-strike-raises-bipartisan-alarm/ar-AAHnR5S?li=BBnb7Kz


Josh Wingrove and Daniel Flatley
53 mins ago


(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump risks a political backlash if he retaliates against Iran over a weekend strike on Saudi Arabian oil facilities after campaigning on promises to withdraw the U.S. from foreign wars.
A picture taken on Sept. 15, 2019, shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just outside the Saudi capital Riyadh. A picture taken on Sept. 15, 2019, shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just outside the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Trump tweeted Monday that the U.S. is “locked and loaded,” raising bipartisan alarm after the weekend attack that halved Saudi oil production. Speaking later to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said: “It’s certainly looking that way at this moment,” and “we pretty much already know” who did it.

U.S. security officials met Monday morning. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Iran, though Riyadh is stopping short of directly doing so. Iran denied involvement. Trump said diplomacy with Iran isn’t exhausted and that Pompeo will be heading to Saudi Arabia.

The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the U.S. has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington. Trump said the U.S. is prepared for any conflict, but that Saudi Arabia would need to play a significant part in any action...
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captain queeg

(10,188 posts)
5. If he orders a strike and Americans are killed and we get dragged into a conflict
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:21 PM
Sep 2019

How long till he starts blaming Obama?

ecstatic

(32,701 posts)
7. So... troops will be safe if Saudis don't pay, but sent to war
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:39 PM
Sep 2019

if the Saudis do pay.

I think we need to let this moment sink in.

trump says a lot of crazy shit, but we should never allow ourselves to become numb to how disgusting and disturbing his thought process is.

Liberal In Texas

(13,550 posts)
9. We've allowed presidents too much power.
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:02 PM
Sep 2019

There's no way any president should be able to unilaterally, with no act of congress, attack a country that hasn't attacked us.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
10. That's human trafficking
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:37 PM
Sep 2019

He's a monster if he sends American soldiers to Saudi Arabia if they pay enough.



Takket

(21,563 posts)
11. Some needs to ask military families
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:47 PM
Sep 2019

If they are all right with their kids being used as mercenaries to retaliate on behalf of the Saudis.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
12. Why are we helping a hostile foreign power?
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:52 PM
Sep 2019

Saudi Arabia we know was partly responsible for 9/11, and they murdered Jamal Khashoogi. We shouldn't be giving them a lick of help.

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