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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 09:45 PM Jan 2020

2017 Middle East Eye news story alleging 1 billion from MBS to Trump....


May be true, may not. Seth Abramson has posted the link.


[link:https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/crown-prince-bin-salman-bribed-trump-saudi-twitter-whistleblower-claims|


snip

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally bribed Donald Trump with $1bn during the US president’s visit to Riyadh in May, an anonymous Saudi commentator, who uses the Twitter handle Mujtahidd, has claimed.

Bin Salman, then-deputy crown prince, was able to win the US administration's favour in his power struggle with his cousin Mohammed bin Nayef, who was heir to the throne until he was deposed in June.

Middle East Eye has not been able to verify Mujtahidd's allegations at the time of publication. Mutjahidd has almost two million followers on Twitter and claims to have reliable sources close to the royal palace.

Mujtahidd claimed on Monday that Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia changed Washington’s stance on the competition between bin Salman and bin Nayef, forcing the US to take the 32-year-old’s side.



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2017 Middle East Eye news story alleging 1 billion from MBS to Trump.... (Original Post) Grasswire2 Jan 2020 OP
I Am Sure The FBI Is Investigating This - The CIA - Oh Wait DanieRains Jan 2020 #1
Barr is investigating the reporter ... pbmus Jan 2020 #5
If true, it might explain how MBS's people were able to ambush Khashoggi. alwaysinasnit Jan 2020 #2
Well wasn't tRump bragging in interview(Faux) benld74 Jan 2020 #3
I saw in my Twitter feed. benld74 Jan 2020 #6
How is that legal? Our troops are not mercenaries. TexasBushwhacker Jan 2020 #8
$1B deposited in whose bank? 42bambi Jan 2020 #9
unknown nt Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #11
Trump is a Gun for Hire montanacowboy Jan 2020 #4
Here's the unrolled thread of Abramson on it Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #7
This is common behavior for mobsters. triron Jan 2020 #10
Let's use the ever popular "some people say" source, and get it out there. not_the_one Jan 2020 #12
Abramson readers will follow his lead on that. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #15
Article from 7 November 2017. applegrove Jan 2020 #13
yes. noted in subject line. nt Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #14
My bad. applegrove Jan 2020 #16
The real problem is that this is entirely believable... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #17
Republicans create their own reality except when bribed to do otherwise. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #18

benld74

(9,904 posts)
3. Well wasn't tRump bragging in interview(Faux)
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 09:54 PM
Jan 2020

Saudis needed troops. He said I’ll send them you pay. The amount he stated sure sounded close to the amount in this story,,

benld74

(9,904 posts)
6. I saw in my Twitter feed.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 10:12 PM
Jan 2020

tRump stated in Faux softball interview


“We have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia—I said, listen, you’re a very rich country. You want more troops? I’m going to send them to you, but you’ve got to pay us. They’re paying us. They’ve already deposited $1B in the bank.”

He’s selling our troops
Basta!!

TexasBushwhacker

(20,204 posts)
8. How is that legal? Our troops are not mercenaries.
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 10:52 PM
Jan 2020

Last edited Sat Jan 11, 2020, 11:38 PM - Edit history (2)

They enlisted to defend the US, not the be sold to the highest bidder.

montanacowboy

(6,094 posts)
4. Trump is a Gun for Hire
Sat Jan 11, 2020, 10:01 PM
Jan 2020

Now he is using the US Military as a private killing machine for the highest bidder be it the Saudis or whoever wants to eliminate someone. Remember there was a SECOND attempt on someone that did not work and that person had nothing to do with the US but was a target of MBS. I believe he was in on the Kashoggi murder also. A fucking billion dollars for Solemini's head. Erik Prince deep in the shit as getting Dumb Donnie to act on Murder, Inc so he can pad his bank account. Where is the Billion stashed? Follow the $$ Trail. Is this the reason he is turning the world upside down to hide his taxes? I believe the money is in some crooked bank doing lots of money laundering.

A Billion $$ in a mysterious boat in Jedda while the Dumb Donnie was in Saudia Arabia. Right after that Dumb Donnie praised MBS for cleaning house and putting all his rivals in jail.

If this is all true and I have no reason to doubt it the house will come tumbling down with all the rotten corrupt actors in this American Tragedy.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
12. Let's use the ever popular "some people say" source, and get it out there.
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 12:55 AM
Jan 2020

If it turns out to be true (I would bet that it is), great.

If it doesn't, until they prove it, it will still be considered true. Win/Win

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
17. The real problem is that this is entirely believable...
Sun Jan 12, 2020, 07:03 AM
Jan 2020

It is easy as hell to believe that our current President is for sale, easily bribed, willing to sell us all out for cold hard cash.

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