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arms sale far from a done

artappraiser — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:15:28 +0000

In reply to Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, to Give Him a Royal Welcome

arms sale far from a done deal yet:

In addition, Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) may yet use the Iran bill as a vehicle to force a vote on their resolution blocking about $500 million in Trump-blessed weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.

From McConnell calls up Iran bill as possible Russia and Saudi votes loom @ Politico.com, 06/05/2017

Edit to add: still time to call your Senator or your lobbyist of choice on the issue, as the case may be.

King Salman smart like a fox,

artappraiser — Fri, 26 May 2017 17:55:32 +0000

In reply to Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, to Give Him a Royal Welcome

King Salman smart like a fox, not penny wise & pound foolish, a river to his people, knows a ~~chump~~ trump who will fall hard for a fancy spectacle and gilded stuff when he sees one

http://alwaght.com/en/News/96742/Saudi-Arabia-Spending-$68-Million-to-Host-Donald-Trump

but wait, there's more:

artappraiser — Sun, 21 May 2017 00:10:14 +0000

In reply to "Tremendous deals", this is

but wait, there's more:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/20/politics/trump-saudi-arabia-dance/

And no, the photo is not from

artappraiser — Sat, 20 May 2017 23:59:56 +0000

In reply to "Tremendous deals", this is

And no, the photo is not from a SNL skit, it's real news. And truthy at the same time.

"Tremendous deals", this is

artappraiser — Sat, 20 May 2017 23:57:16 +0000

In reply to Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, to Give Him a Royal Welcome

"Tremendous deals", this is bigly yuge:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gets-elaborate-welcome-in-saudi-arabia-embarking-on-first-foreign-trip/2017/05/20/679f2766-3d1d-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html

First photo of their slideshow offered without comment, ripe for a caption contest tho it is.

"Let's Make an Arms Deal"

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 19 May 2017 04:59:29 +0000

In reply to OIC: Kushner Shepherded $110

"Let's Make an Arms Deal" with Monty Trump.giving the Saudis and everyone else what they want - why didn't Obama think of that? And hey, just cut the price and we got a deal.

I once did business with an ex-general and he had a high ranking sidekick whose job seemed to be hanging close and saying "he's so smart" in an aw shucks kind of way. Guess this is the real world teh Dona wants to bring to guvmint.

OIC: Kushner Shepherded $110

artappraiser — Fri, 19 May 2017 04:27:32 +0000

In reply to Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, to Give Him a Royal Welcome

OIC: Kushner Shepherded $110 Billion Weapons Deal to Saudis

By MARK LANDLER, ERIC SCHMITT and MATT APUZZO 8:12 PM ET @ NYTimes.com

Jared Kushner called the head of Lockheed Martin while he met with Saudi officials, showing President Trump’s eagerness for a major deal before his first foreign trip.