Kushner's secret push to sell F-35 jets to UAE causes frustration among US agencies and lawmakers

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/kushner-uae-israel-f-35-fighter-jet/index.html

(CNN)A secret push by President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner to sell advanced arms -- including F-35 stealth fighter jets -- to the United Arab Emirates has caused confusion and frustration among agencies and congressional committees that would normally be involved in such a sale but have been left in the dark.

Kushner is supporting the administration's discussions with the UAE about the potential advanced arms sale, which have been led by the NSC Senior Director for the Middle East, Miguel Correa, a senior administration official said.

The tight hold on details about these discussions has created confusion across the US government, two State Department officials and multiple congressional aides tell CNN.

Trump said the potential sale was "under review" during a press conference on Wednesday. He also said the Emirates have the funds to pay for the military hardware.

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[LakeVermilion]

1. No doubt,

Kushner gets a 10% finder's fee.

[Lonesome Beet]

2. Related article today from a military/defense site

"TEL AVIV: In a dizzying display of the endless complexities of the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu approved President Trump’s sale of F-35s to the UAE in return for the emirates opening diplomatic relations with Israel.

“Bibi used his open line to the White House to give the OK for this deal,” an Israeli source told Breaking D. He did not disclose this move to anyone, including Benny Ganz, Israel’s defense minister and alternative prime minister."

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/08/bibi-said-yes-to-f-35-sale-to-uae-eye-on-normalized-relations/

[IcyPeas]

3. quid pro quo - it's how they do everything

[crickets]

5. +1

[crickets]

4. It's all connected.

Link to tweet

Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
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SUMMARY/ Investigators long thought Trump's pre-election collusion bilateral and binary: either Trump colluded directly with Russia in hacking and propaganda or he was innocent. The SSCI Report reveals the collusion was quadrilateral—a team effort joining UAE, Israel, and Russia.

[hedda_foil]

6. Thread reader unfilled thread here:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1296471863607033862.html

[onetexan]

7. I'm sure Kreepy Kushner & his barbie wife are taking a hefty cut of the profits as brokers

[GulfCoast66]

8. Jesus. The only nations that should get them a democracies.

Western Europe. Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Send them to the Middle East and Russia will be making their own soon.

Which is the goal.

Those planes are like nothing else.