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[Beefy]

President Donald Trump complained on Thursday that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia was not treating the United States fairly and Washington was losing a “tremendous amount of money” defending the kingdom.

In an interview with Reuters, Trump confirmed his administration was in talks about possible visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel in the second half of May. He is due to make his first trip abroad as president for a May 25 NATO summit in Brussels and could add other stops.

"Frankly, Saudi Arabia has not treated us fairly, because we are losing a tremendous amount of money in defending Saudi Arabia,” he said.

Trump’s criticism of Riyadh, the world’s top oil exporter, was a return to his 2016 election campaign rhetoric when he accused the kingdom of not pulling its weight in paying for the U.S. security umbrella.

"Nobody’s going to mess with Saudi Arabia because we’re watching them," Trump told a campaign rally in Wisconsin a year ago. “They’re not paying us a fair price. We’re losing our shirt.”

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

Dude can't shut up

 

[Volimar]

Why are we spending any money protecting a rich OPEC nation? Also, they're assholes.

 

[Hexa]

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[Auto_aim1]

Dude can't shut up

You mean he's right and has been saying this for the last 30 years.

 

[andythinkpad]

If he going to do that to every country? Like this is his one "move?"

 

[sflufan]

If he going to do that to every country? Like this is his one "move?"

Yep! This is exactly his "thing" to do.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

He doesn't understand the purpose of alliances, at all.

 

[Beefy]

You mean he's right and has been saying this for the last 30 years.

Not saying if he is right or not. I am saying he likes to chat shit before realising were it gets him.

 

[The Greek Freak]

Broken clock almost right once this week.

Saudis are the biggest exporters of extremism on the planet. We shouldn't be licking their ass daily.

 

[Afrodium]

Isn't this like, how the Mafia operates?

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Someone will remind him they are mostly heavy handed dictators and he will immediately drop his complaint

 

[RiccochetJ]

I wonder if we would feel the pinch if Saudi Arabia decided to direct their Oil elsewhere.

 

[JaggedSac]

Why is he trying to increase military budget when he is going to make countries pay for this stuff?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

dude is like the world's Pimp, 'where's my money?' to everyone


South Korea
Saudi Arabia
NATO
Mexico
Canada

 

[lastplayed]

Why is he trying to increase military budget when he is going to make countries pay for this stuff?

I don't think he seriously expects anyone to pay, he's just using it as a stupid, predictable negotiating tactic.

 

[Tovarisc]

https://twitter.com/tcwittes/status/857787262569992193

 

[Mimosa97]

Even though I would love the US to finally drop Saudi Arabia, what he's saying isn't true. The Saudis buy a shit ton of weapons from the US. That's part of the deal. " We protect you but you buy all your weapons from us and you do what we want you to do "

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Broken clock almost right once this week.

Saudis are the biggest exporters of extremism on the planet. We shouldn't be licking their ass daily.

Trump is not the man you want trying to rectify this. Right or Left, a citizen of the world does not want this, and that advice works on anything one might think he should be trying his hand at. That's what makes all of this "I DID THIS BACK IN NYC WITH CONTRACTORS" so damn dangerous.

 

[Rembrandt]

https://twitter.com/tcwittes/status/857787262569992193

Yeah, but still fuck SA.

 

[Opto]

and then gas became 6 bucks a gallon

 

[Zolo]

Is he going to spend his whole office term about how nobody pays enough for anything?

 

[Ponn]

Fuck ya, burn all those bridges so they kick our military out of these areas. Trumps becoming like a patent troll running around with bills for everyone.

 

[Rentahamster]

Isn't this like, how the Mafia operates?

Not really. We're not threatening to attack them ourselves if Saudi Arabia doesn't pony up more protection money. Unless we instigate it through proxies, but that's another issue...

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Meanwhile, Trump thought being POTUS was going to be easy.

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

LOL what is this play?

 

[Electric Eye]

Meanwhile, Trump thought being POTUS was going to be easy.

I hope someone reminds him that he can quit anytime and no one would hate him for it. His old life is still there.

 

[BadHand]

Too bad for North Korea that they don't have oil for sale or buy American weapons.

 

[RustyNails]

Pretty soon he's going to get a call from Saudi government and he walks back everything, and says they're best friends.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Such an artistic deal.

 

[TarNaru33]

Broken clock almost right once this week.

Saudis are the biggest exporters of extremism on the planet. We shouldn't be licking their ass daily.

You mean he's right and has been saying this for the last 30 years.

People should try to keep their biases from blinding them from the truth. Trump is nowhere near correct, in fact, U.S benefits more from the Saudi-U.S relationship.

The Saudis buy almost all of their military equipment from U.S. Not to mention they are a huge reason why oil is traded in USD as they are the biggest exporter of oil and have tremendous weight in the OPEC countries.

There is a downside to the relationship in that terrorism is primarily driven by the Saudis. In terms of protection, the Saudis do not truly need "protecting", it is a mutually beneficial alliance.

Even if U.S relinquished this relationship, it would still have to be involved in the region to keep it from going unstable with wars and nuclear weapon races due to the resource which holds strongly onto the world's heart. Until oil is irrelevant, do not expect U.S to drop the Saudis, it is unrealistic and could possibly crash the world economy.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

LOL what is this play?

Trump is apparently frothing at the mouth for any win whatsoever in his first 100 days so he's just throwing everything at the wall. Like holy shit the glut of news over the past three days.

 

[GutsOfThor]

This little man sure does complain a lot.

Bill Maher was dead on point when he called him a whiny little bitch.

 

[Zolo]

Meanwhile, Trump thought being POTUS was going to be easy.

This feels like he didn't actually want to win since I can't imagine he didn't know how restricting life would be with a 24-hour security detail.

 

[Laevateinn]

I can't wait to hear about how great Saudi Arabia is tomorrow.

 

[Horns]

Weekly fight with a different ally. Moron.

 

[RevoDS]

Anyone have a list of countries he's complained about so far? Would it be easier to make a list of those he didn't complain about?

 

[Cheerilee]

I wonder if we would feel the pinch if Saudi Arabia decided to direct their Oil elsewhere.

If only there was some country out there where Donald Trump could purchase America's oil for pennies on the dollar, accessible with the stroke of a President's pen?

cough piss tape cough

 

[Trouble]

I wonder if we would feel the pinch if Saudi Arabia decided to direct their Oil elsewhere.

Oil is traded via commodity markets, they can't direct their oil anywhere.

 

[yanipheonu]

Still not how that works.

 

[VendettaRed07]

https://twitter.com/tcwittes/status/857787262569992193

Of all the things there is that is problematic about our relationship with SA, them not paying enough is probably the last thing

They're like one of the few that actually does dump piles of money for defense on our doorstep

 

[Crayons]

Would it be easier to make a list of those he didn't complain about?

Russia
Israel

 

[Lautaro]

Mmm no point in getting excited if he's going to flip flop tomorrow.

 

[BajiBoxer]

Trump policy on our military relationships sounds suspiciously like a mafia "protection" racket.

 

[UberTag]

Isn't this like, how the Mafia operates?

The Trump media empire and the Mafia aren't all that different.

 

[TyrantII]

Broken clock almost right once this week.

Saudis are the biggest exporters of extremism on the planet. We shouldn't be licking their ass daily.

KSA, Pakistan, and Indonesia are pretty much pushing the worst Wahhabism there is. It really is the axis of evil in modern times.

That we are allied with them and refuse to push them to deal with it is absurd.

 

[TheOMan]

This feels like he didn't actually want to win since I can't imagine he didn't know how restricting life would be with a 24-hour security detail.

You have to remember that Trump is a dumb dumb though.

 

[GreyWind]

He also said this

I think it was a different Interview from Reuters.

I just can't anymore.

 

[m_shortpants]

They're crazy, but they're the devil we know and that is an ally.

 

[TyrantII]

Oil is traded via commodity markets, they can't direct their oil anywhere.

They can decide to not trade it in US markets. They also can jettison the dollar as their reserve currency.

It would hurt them as well, but they sure can do it as threat with teeth.

 

[Buckle]

Theres a lot of horrible shit Saudi Arabia does and this is the sort of thing he wants to whine about them.