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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump billionaire friend aimed to profit from Mideast nuclear deal: Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearscheme/trump-billionaire-friend-aimed-to-profit-from-mideast-nuclear-deal-democrats-idUSKCN1UO28G(snio)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, pursued a plan to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp even as he lobbied Trump to become a special envoy to promote the building by the firm of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, said a congressional report released on Monday.
While Barrack failed in both efforts, the report provides fresh evidence of the ease with which some corporate and foreign interests have gained access to Trump and other senior members of his administration.
Documents obtained by the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee raise serious questions about whether the White House is willing to place the potential profits of the Presidents friends above the national security of the American people and the universal objective of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, the report said.
The report is the second from the panels investigation into the plan to construct 40 nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East. The plan was supported by Trumps first national security adviser Michael Flynn, Barrack, Trumps inaugural committee chairman, and a consortium of firms led by retired U.S. military commanders and former White House officials called IP3.
(Is this why Jared got his $2 billion dollar deal from the Saudis?)
Also, weren't Trump and the Saudis at the big Golf Tournament a couple or three weeks ago?
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Trump billionaire friend aimed to profit from Mideast nuclear deal: Democrats (Original Post)
kentuck
Aug 2022
OP
"weren't Trump and the Saudis at the big Golf Tournament a couple or three weeks ago?"
Jarqui
Aug 2022
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Jarqui
(10,130 posts)1. "weren't Trump and the Saudis at the big Golf Tournament a couple or three weeks ago?"
Maybe Trump took those docs with him to Bedminster ...
kentuck
(111,110 posts)5. Coincidentally, Joe Biden had a controversial meeting with the Saudis about that same time...
JohnSJ
(92,396 posts)2. No surprise, but wow
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)4. Kushner needs to be investigated hard now. Nuclear info is worth 2 billion.
czarjak
(11,289 posts)6. Barrack? Again!