Sunday, September 29, 2019

Trump And Saudis: More Quid Pro Quo



This Wednesday will mark the one year anniversary of the hideous murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the direction of the murderous thug Crown Prince Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman. Our intelligence agencies among others have confirmed that Bone Saw gave the order to his security service to murder Khashoggi, who had been critical of him over the years, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Despite the trail of blood leading back to Bone Saw, sociopath and corrupt con artist Donald "Rump" Trump has done his best to avoid any criticism of him. As the Washington Post reports, Trump had worked to get Bone Saw back in the good graces of the international community:
"At the annual Group of 20 gathering of world leaders in Osaka, Japan, in June, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, beamed before cameras as he stood center stage between President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a carefully choreographed group photo. He grinned as he sat with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And he shook hands joyously with South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the two countries struck agreements and contracts worth $8.3 billion.
The world leaders’ embrace of Mohammed was a clear signal that the young prince, who the CIA, U.S. allies and a United Nations investigator say is responsible for the savage killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was being welcomed back, if reluctantly, into the community of nations. And it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Trump and his secretary of State, Mike Pompeo." (our emphasis)
Bone Saw has been throwing Saudi money around to quiet the outrage over his role in he Khashoggi murder in the time-honored custom of bribery. They've bought billions in military hardware from the U.S. to pursue their war in Yemen. Trump and his family crime organization have also benefitted from Saudi largesse, too, with Trump once bragging that the Saudis spent tens of millions of dollars buying up his overpriced condos, etc. The Saudis have also worked the relationship with Trump's inept and financially shady son-in-law Jared "Mr. Ivanka Trump" Kushner, with Bone Saw once claiming that he had Kushner "in his pocket." Kushner had been soliciting an investor across the Middle East and elsewhere to bail out his family's failed property at 666 Park Avenue.

Perhaps the phone call documentation with Bone Saw that's hidden in the code-level secret White House system would reveal more about this shady relationship. Rehabilitating the reputation of Bone Saw shouldn't be Trump's job, but when your own personal financial interests are involved, it makes perverse sense.