WH locks out Media,As Trumps Secretary Of State Oversees Exxon-Saudi Deal
While the big U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia was highly publicized during President Trump’s first foreign trip, another notable business deal was signed that similarly raises serious ethical and legal questions about the role of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the key details of which were kept mostly hidden from American media.
Tillerson, who spent a decade as CEO of the giant U.S. based energy conglomerate ExxonMobil, was joined by President Trump at the Al-Yamamah Palace for the signing of a huge deal with the state-owned Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SBIC), No American media who accompanied the president were invited to cover about the signing of an agreement to conduct a study that is expected to lead to the construction of a $10 billion facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. Owned jointly owned by Saudi Arabia and ExxonMobil, it will process natural gas produced by hydraulic fracking into a salable product.
White House and State Department press releases about the deal did not mention that Trump and Tillerson were in the Royal Court for the signing of the agreement.
http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/05/30/media-blackout-trumps-secretary-state-oversees-exxon-saudi-deal/
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