Trump signs Kushner-negotiated $100B Saudi arms deal

[james_1957]

Well done, President Trump!

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a nearly $110 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saturday, signaling the United States' renewed commitment to its alliance with the Gulf kingdom and desire to bolster its counterterrorism partnership.

The deal was finalized in part thanks to the direct involvement of Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser. He shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call.

Pressured to finalize a massive $100-plus billion arms deal in the two weeks leading up to Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia, Kushner hoped to maneuver a discount on Lockheed's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during the Saudis' visit to the White House on May 1 -- a request that Hewson said she would look into at the time.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/jared-kushner-saudi-arms-deal-lockheed-martin/

 

[Wordsworth]

One hopes you Yanks have killswitches built into this equipment, yes?

 

[Disgustipated]

One hopes you Yanks have killswitches built into this equipment, yes?

Yes, but they are as useless as the GeeBee's Killswitch.

 

[Liar]

Ah, the person of interest has been busy.

 

[Miles]

Arms deals with the country that committed 9-11, and hates Israel. What could go wrong?

 

[Hard_Rom]

2000 people employed making LAVs here in London. Canada selling a shit load of them to the Saudis. Not right. Saudis should be embargoed and boycotted as much as North Korea.

 

[lovecraft68]

2000 people employed making LAVs here in London. Canada selling a shit load of them to the Saudis. Not right. Saudis should be embargoed and boycotted as much as North Korea.

And they would be....if Trump and loser Kushner whose only smart move in life was hooking up with Ivanka didn't have all these billions of dollars of business tied up there....oh, and now the gun deal.

 

[lovecraft68]

Arms deals with the country that committed 9-11, and hates Israel. What could go wrong?

According to all his kool aid drinking supporters and the GOP, nothing.

 

[Hard_Rom]

And they would be....if Trump and loser Kushner whose only smart move in life was hooking up with Ivanka didn't have all these billions of dollars of business tied up there....oh, and now the gun deal.

Hell, Obama should have too. And Bush. Especially Bush as he was in power for 9/11.

Conservatives up here negotiated big arms deal with Saudis. Supposed bleeding heart Liberals don't have what it takes to cancel it. Would probably lose them the local constituency here after massive layoffs.

 

[phrodeau]

I guess peace in the Middle East wasn't enough of a challenge for Jared. He had to up the ante.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I guess peace in the Middle East wasn't enough of a challenge for Jared. He had to up the ante.

The US doesn't want peace in the Middle East. Lower arms sales, higher price for oil, organized terror attacks on the scale of 9/11. Why would it want peace in the region. Even if they adopted full oit democracy and moderation they would demand oil prices be set my the market not by oil princes and cartels. 200$ a barrel to fund a modern society and reforms. Money spent on proper roads and schools not arms.

Too much peace is bad for business.

 

[phrodeau]

The US doesn't want peace in the Middle East. Lower arms sales, higher price for oil, organized terror attacks on the scale of 9/11. Why would it want peace in the region. Even if they adopted full oit democracy and moderation they would demand oil prices be set my the market not by oil princes and cartels. 200$ a barrel to fund a modern society and reforms. Money spent on proper roads and schools not arms.

Too much peace is bad for business.

So we can solve the Israel-Palestine situation with solar panels? Cool.

 

[Hard_Rom]

So we can solve the Israel-Palestine situation with solar panels? Cool.

When oil runs out we may be selling them solar panels. Arabs anyways. Israel Palestine will only end when Israel allows a Palestinian state or invites the Palestinians to share power. And stops steeling Palestinian land one small piece at a time.

 

[OldJourno]

When oil runs out we may be selling them solar panels. Arabs anyways. Israel Palestine will only end when Israel allows a Palestinian state or invites the Palestinians to share power. And stops steeling Palestinian land one small piece at a time.

Back in about 1976 I read in Time Magazine that Iran would run out of oil by 2000. I think by the time we run out of oil we'll be getting energy from something a bit more advanced than solar panels.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

~*~ strategic bump ~*~

 

[Hard_Rom]

There are some questioning how the Saudis will pay for the arms considering the low price of oil.

 

[water505]

When oil runs out we may be selling them solar panels. Arabs anyways. Israel Palestine will only end when Israel allows a Palestinian state or invites the Palestinians to share power. And stops steeling Palestinian land one small piece at a time.

Three questions for you:

1. When is oil going to "run out"?
2. How many times have Palestinians rejected Israel's generous peace proposals?
3. What in the hell are you talking about?

 

[water505]

Back in about 1976 I read in Time Magazine that Iran would run out of oil by 2000. I think by the time we run out of oil we'll be getting energy from something a bit more advanced than solar panels.

RACIST!

 

[Adre]

Well done, President Trump!

Like it's really difficult to sell weapons to rich Arabs.

 

[Porkwarrior]

Hell, Obama should have too. And Bush. Especially Bush as he was in power for 9/11.

Conservatives up here negotiated big arms deal with Saudis. Supposed bleeding heart Liberals don't have what it takes to cancel it. Would probably lose them the local constituency here after massive layoffs.

More like massive layoff after the last massive rehire after the last massive layoff after the last massive layoff before the last massive callback...

Let the LAV's flow...

http://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/europe/belgium/weapons/cmi_defence_turret_LCTS90_90_mm/lcts90_weapon_system_armoured_vehicle_turret_90_mm_gun_cmi_Defence_cockerill_Belgium_Belgian_page_product_000.jpg

 

[Radiohead]

Yes, but they are as useless as the GeeBee's Killswitch.

You know when you should laugh but you just start weeping...

 

[KingOrfeo]

When oil runs out we may be selling them solar panels. Arabs anyways.

That would work, they've already got plenty of sunshine.

 

[HisArpy]

*Double post*

 

[HisArpy]

Three questions for you:

3. What in the hell are you talking about?

http://uncompromisedmen.com/2014/06/14/discover-truth-about-israel/

This is just one of many articles that I pulled up quick and dirty; but the MAPS in the article show a rather revealing story about how Israel has been expanding it's territory since 1946 to the detriment of it's neighbors.

More detailed research will show that this expansion is not approved by the international community because it illegally expands Israels borders. The 6-day war is in there somewhere too where Israel launched a pre-emptive strike against Egypt and seized the Sinai Peninsula almost tripling it's territory.

Israel is NOT the victim it plays on the world stage. But neither the West nor Europe tells this story because, anti-semitic.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Three questions for you:

1. When is oil going to "run out"?

Well, it's not exactly a question of running out; see peak oil.