Donald Trump: Saudi Arabia 'should pay us'

[Saif al-Arab]

KSA does not owe USA anything nor vice versa. The 70 + years old relationship is benefiting both nations otherwise the USA would have cut all the ties A LONG time ago.

It has little to do with oil too.

KSA was already an independent nation 13 years prior to the establishment of the partnership/alliance with the US. I am not even talking about the numerous millennium old entities that once were located in what is today modern-day KSA.

After all the Arabian Peninsula is the longest inhabited area on the planet outside of Southern and Eastern Africa.

The funny thing here is that Trump himself has fairly close relations to GCC nations and several Arab billionaires and businessmen including quite a few well-known Arab-Americans (3.5 million big group in the US).

Arab American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hussein]

More and more i'm starting to like this guy.

Sure, he's a nutjob, but he's got truth behind him. He's not going to go to Iowa and su<k up eating corn-dogs how unions are a great thing, while talking like a southern gentleman and how unions are messing up the nation.

He says whats on his mind, and sticks to his balls.

Americans are getting tired of politicians.

"Our leaders are stupid, our politicians are stupid". -Donald Trump 2015

"it is easy to say other are stupid and useless, especially when we never did politics" - me
be careful about this kind of person. lot of blabla . big mouth. could be dangerous.
your country is the only country with the hope to give chance to anyone. it changes for bad. with people like him, and without morality, i wonder your country is more and more getting down .

and anyway believe me , major problem are often not politics in countries
well maybe because i live in France and clearly here the problem is mostly somewhere else than politics
and as for Donal Trump they are a lot of incompetent people saying politics are useless and stupid
so easy

 

[JUBA]

Lol, did it hurt?

Not actually, he is also very anti-Iran, but that doesn't mean this idiot can't speak the truth sometimes.

Him being anti Iran doesn't change the fact that him and your mullahs share the same single digit IQ.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

if the U.S isn't going to use it military muscle to protect the GCC who will?? China? I doubt it

The GCC does not need the protection of anyone as nobody in the immediate region dares to attack it nor have anyone been foolish enough to make such an attempt, excluding Saddam's failed invasion of Kuwait 25 years ago which occurred in a entirely different era security/military wise for the GCC.

You do realize that the GCC's greatest trading partner (by far) is China right? That all the regimes have cordial relations with China? That China would LOVE nothing more than to establish themselves in the heart of the MENA region (Arabian Peninsula) strategically located between Europe, Africa, the remaining Asia bordering several key trading routes, let alone being one of the most resource rich areas on the planet.

Same story with the Russians who ironically are trying to charm the GCC due to the economic sanctions they have been hit by.

Don't be foolish.

Anyway the relations between the GCC and the US are simply too close and long-standing for them to be destroyed. The fact that Saudi Arabians alone (1 of the GCC peoples) have more students at US universities per capita than all other foreigners and are fourth in terms of sheer numbers (after 1.3 billion big China, 1.2 billion big India and 50 million big South Korea) tells about the depth of the relation.

More Saudi Arabians studying in the U.S. - latimes

No need to mention economics either or investments in GCC and the US by both parties, beneficial military bases etc.

Surprise, surprise an Arab-obsessed Farsi created this thread. Unlike your militarily, religiously, culturally and linguistically conquered country (by Arabs from KSA mainly) KSA and the GCC have excellent ties with almost every relevant country on the planet. That's the irony here.

Besides the 3.5 million big Arab-American community is reason enough to have good ties with the US.

Let my friend Trump bark for a while and watch him conduct business with several Arab-American billionaires, millionaires let alone GCC firms etc. But ok, private life and politics are two different things.

 

[IR-TR]

Ouch. A fake desert protectorate. Somebody had to say it

 

[500]

Whats the point of this thread? Everyone knows that Donald joined the presidential race just for lulz

 

[SALMAN F]

Why he wants money they already toke everything from the Saudis include the low oil prices and yet he is not satisfied

 

[Hussein]

Whats the point of this thread? Everyone knows that Donald joined the presidential race just for lulz

hopefully
you think who is going to win for the republicans?

 

[Styx]

Whats the point of this thread? Everyone knows that Donald joined the presidential race just for lulz

apparently they used to say that about Raygun too

 

[SwAggeR]

Whats the point of this thread? Everyone knows that Donald joined the presidential race just for lulz

Madam, he is leading the charts by quite a margin.He is serious contender.

 

[C130]

even if they will not want the oil in the future i dont think they can afford to let the GCC allay with russia or china

Russia and China are allied with Iran does China have the navy and willing to be lackey to the Kings and Emirs of the GCC?

China doesn't play that way.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

Russia and China are allied with Iran does China have the navy and willing to be lackey to the Kings and Emirs of the GCC?

China doesn't play that way.

Absolute nonsense. Neither China nor Russia is an "ally" of the Mullah's in Iran. China has much closer ties with the GCC on almost every front. In particular KSA and the UAE.

Russia is neither an ally of Iran nor the GCC.

 

[C130]

Absolute nonsense. Neither China nor Russia is an "ally" of the Mullah's in Iran. China has much closer ties with the GCC on almost every front. In particular KSA and the UAE.

Russia is neither an ally of Iran nor the GCC.

China would be more willing to deal with Iran than be a puppet ofKSA

who needs who more??

with the U.S becoming less and less dependant on Middle East oil, the GCC only has two other options to offload all that oil India or China.


meanwhile Iran and Russia are building pipelines to China making them even more less vulnerable to the OPEC cartel.

 

[Saif al-Arab]

China would be more willing to deal with Iran than be a puppet for KSA

who needs who more??

with the U.S becoming less and less dependant on Middle East oil, the GCC only has two other options to offload all that oil India or China.

What are you blabbering about dude? Do you even know what you are discussing here?

Go take a look at the trade volume between the GCC (Arab world as a whole too) and China and come back to me. Take a look at the Chinese diaspora in the GCC, mutual investments in both the GCC and China etc. You have no idea and the good thing is that despite a trade volume of almost 250 billion dollars, the potential is not even anywhere close to being fully reached.

What is your question aimed at? The GCC and the US have been content with their relationship for almost 70 years. If they were not either party would have walked away. It's very simple.

Oil, gas and other natural resources is not everything. The GCC is diversifying for each year and the non-oil/gas sector is growing constantly each year. Some sectors at a remarkable rate.

There is no serious alternative to oil and gas in the foreseeable future and the population of the planet is constantly growing and millions of people are escaping poverty each month. GCC or other oil and gas rich nations won't have to worry about finding buyers.

Besides KSA and the GCC have an ENORMOUS potential in terms of alternative energy sources, in particular solar and wind energy.

KSA taps the sun to meet a third of its energy needs

In any case this thread and topic is pointless to discuss. GCC-US relations will remain cordial despite some disagreements with the Obama administration, yet KSA have plenty of other powerful partners and have done well in not betting on 1 horse.

You are with all due respect not well-informed about this topic.

@Chinese-Dragon @Chinese-Dragon @Wholegrain

 

[IR-TR]

What are you blabbering about dude? Do you even know what you are discussing here?

Go take a look at the trade volume between the GCC (Arab world as a whole too) and China and come back to me. Take a look at the Chinese diaspora in the GCC, mutual investments in both the GCC and China etc. You have no idea and the good thing is that despite a trade volume of almost 250 billion dollars, the potential is not even anywhere close to being fully reached.

What is your question aimed at? The GCC and the US have been content with their relationship for almost 70 years. If they were not either party would have walked away. It's very simple.

Oil, gas and other natural resources is not everything. The GCC is diversifying for each year and the non-oil/gas sector is growing constantly each year. Some sectors at a remarkable rate.

There is no serious alternative to oil and gas in the foreseeable future and the population of the planet is constantly growing and millions of people are escaping poverty each month. GCC or other oil and gas rich nations won't have to worry about finding buyers.

Besides KSA and the GCC have an ENORMOUS potential in terms of alternative energy sources, in particular solar and wind energy.

KSA taps the sun to meet a third of its energy needs

In any case this thread and topic is pointless to discuss. GCC-US relations will remain cordial despite some disagreements with the Obama administration, yet KSA have plenty of other powerful partners and have done well in not betting on 1 horse.

You are with all due respect not well-informed about this topic.

@Chinese-Dragon @Chinese-Dragon @Wholegrain

Listen, I'm going to keep it civil. The PGCC is one big protectorate of the US/West. Without them, it would implode in two days. How the hell can China, the biggest adversary of the US/West be ALLIED to their protectorate?