Trump Says Saudi Arabia is 'Very Good Ally'

[The SC]

Thursday, 13 December, 2018 - 07:15

US President Donald Trump sits for an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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US President Donald Trump has said that he stood by Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in the aftermath of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October.

“He’s the leader of Saudi Arabia. They’ve been a very good ally,” Trump said in an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office.

Asked by the news agency if standing by the kingdom meant standing by the Crown Prince, Trump responded: “Well, at this moment, it certainly does.”

He also said that the Crown Prince has denied any link to the Khashoggi case.

Pompeo also said in an interview with Fox News that Trump has made it “very clear that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was a tragic incident. It was heinous. It's not something that America approves of.”

He said the US Treasury has already held a number of individuals accountable by putting sanctions on them, “those that we have evidence were directly involved.”

"America has an important ally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They work with us on issues that provide security for America,” Pompeo added.

“It is an important relationship with the Kingdom and we intend to continue to protect the American people in the way that voters back two years ago demanded."

Pompeo also told his interviewers that some of the reporting on the CIA’s report in the Khashoggi murder “has been inaccurate."


https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1502671/trump-says-saudi-arabia-very-good-ally

 

[Ceylal]

He meant the best cash cow he ever known..

 

[Bengal71]

He meant the best cash cow he ever known..

No he meant very good slave.

 

[SALMAN F]

Of course because they give him money

 

[T-Rex]

The Senate has officially held MBS responsible for Khashoggi's murder. So it doesn't matter now what trump says about his pet puppy. His pet is going to get nailed within months if not weeks. Trump will be busy fighting impeachment and possible jail time and therefore his ability to save his pet puppy from the great white shark looks quite slim.

 

[Elvin]

Of course they are! I mean not only does the US get discounted oil, they force the Saudis to sign 400-billion dollar deals with the US military industrial complex essentially taking back all of the money Saudi made from selling oil to the US, send thousands of their Saudi students to pay tuition and live in the US every year, and cooperate on regional security issues. Yes they are a fine lap dog, but how high can they jump? and for how long will they be cute?

SA is doomed, I give them another decade before they go into the history books as a "once powerful and wealthy kingdom."

 

[Path-Finder]

Its all bout $$$$$$$$$$

 

[JohnWick]

Its all bout $$$$$$$$$$

nahh..........all about....Oil.

 

[American Pakistani]

Where is that BBC anchor who was criticizing pakistan?

 

[JohnWick]

Where is that BBC anchor who was criticizing pakistan?

at bbc studio.

 

[Path-Finder]

nahh..........all about....Oil.

Both are linked.