Old white men dancing without any rhythm, no wonder they hate us in the Middle East.President Trump, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson swayed along with traditional dancers in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/HAf6RroaDe— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 20, 2017
Courtesy of WaPo:
President Trump made a splashy debut on the world stage here Saturday, ushering in a new era in U.S.-Saudi Arabian relations by signing a joint “strategic vision” that includes $110 billion in American arms sales and other new investments that the administration said would bring hundreds of thousands of jobs.
“It was a great day,” Trump said. He cited “tremendous investments in the United States . . . and jobs, jobs, jobs.”
While initial details were scant, the agreements signed included a U.S. letter of intent to “support Saudi Arabia’s defense needs” with sales of a number of items — naval ships, tanks and other vehicles — that were the subject of agreements under earlier administrations, as well as some new items that had never passed the discussion stage, such as sophisticated THAAD missile defense systems.
Other items are intended to modernize Saudi Arabia’s cyberdefense and airborne intelligence-gathering, and secure its borders.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in a news conference with his Saudi counterpart, described common views on counterterrorism, the threat from Iran and regional security. He outlined “like-minded” goals in the security and economic spheres and said, “We’re very proud of this relationship that we are embarking on with the kingdom.”
Is this the appropriate place to point out that fifteen of the nineteen 9-11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia?
At least one US Senator,Chris Murphy, is not terribly impressed with this sale:
Piled on top of this enormous arms lot are precision-guided munitions that President Obama would not sell the Saudis. That’s not because the Obama folks didn’t like selling weapons to the Saudis — Obama sold more weapons and gear to Saudi Arabia in eight years than all other previous administrations combined. No, Obama withheld precision-guided munitions because the Saudis were using U.S.-provided munitions to repeatedly target civilian and humanitarian sites in their bombing campaign inside Yemen, despite regular protests from the United States. Thousands of civilians inside Yemen have been killed during the civil war, many by the Saudi-led coalition, and today, the country is on the brink of famine in part because the Saudis have intentionally destroyed transit hubs and key bridges, and blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid into Yemen. As we speak, millions of Yemenis are being radicalized against the country they blame for the civilian deaths: the United States. By selling the Saudis these precision-guided weapons more — not fewer — civilians will be killed because it is Saudi Arabia’s strategy to starve Yemenis to death to increase their own leverage at the negotiating table. They couldn’t do this without the weapons we are selling them.
Murphy also points out that it is very unlikely that the Saudis will use these weapons to fight ISIS, and will likely instead use them in their ongoing proxy wars against Iran.
These are of course details about the history of the region that will likely completely elude Donald Trump.
I assume it is only offensive if a Democratic woman refuses to cover her head while visiting the country.Many people are saying it was wonderful that Mrs. Obama refused to wear a scarf in Saudi Arabia, but they were insulted.We have enuf enemies— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2015
So Trump's whirlwind excursion to exotic locales to embarrass the United States is off to a rollicking start.
I only hope that Trump can return from this trip not having started a war with every nation that he visits.
"jobs, jobs, jobs."
ReplyDeleteTry arms, arms, arms!
Where do Generals keep their armies? In their sleevies.
DeleteGroan.
450 jobs in Saudi Arabia from the deal.
DeleteRemind Donald Russia has no extradition treaty with US.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Kentucky and I know what it looks like.
ReplyDeleteWhen Melonoma was going up the steps of Air Force One it looked just like two raccoons fighting in a gunny sack.
She is starting to get a bit long in the tooth and a bit wide in the hips. Her days are numbered.
It's not like short fingered Donny has time to engage in extracurricular fun..
DeleteIn a couple of years melanoma will look like what we used to call two bulldogs breeding in a gunnysack when going up the stairs.
DeleteTHAT AIN'T A BAD THING NECESSARILY...but sometimes if yop smart you best enjoy looking and leave all that poor packed baggage there...
Her outfit was extremely ill-advised, and looked like a poor-white-trash attempt to look sexy (re: Skanky Payme in her pleather miniskirt with the butt padding, and Lou Bootons).
DeleteThat ridiculous belt was laughable. Too gold, too wide, right under her boobs. None of the tRump family has any CLASS or STYLE or BRAINS.
Deletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/melania-trump-wants-sean-spicer-gone-after-president-returns-from-overseas-trip-report/
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I know, what will we do for laughs on SNL!!!
DeleteI find it hard to laugh at Baldwin's trump because it is too close to reality but I can enjoy spicy boy.
Since Alec mentioned little donnie always sits like he is on the toilet, I have been noticing it in every photo, not the picture I want to have in my mind.
sits like he is on the toilet, I have been noticing it in every photo,
DeleteSome people on the internet are saying he is full of shit! It's just anonymous people on the internet so far...but still...
Maybe Donnie sits that way, because his Depends bunch up? I would love to know what the Saudis REALLY think of this tRump circus.
DeleteSo that was Trump 'dancing?' Good God, he wasn't even on any beat. He was just swaying a bit, then swaying back. And where were Jarod and the women? Or did Prince Jarod stay home with the kids?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure which was more painful to watch - Trump trying to dance or Trump trying to smile.
DeleteApparently he is physically incapable of doing either.
Jarod is there, he was doing high-fives with Tillerson over the arms deal. I am assuming being the Sabbath for Jews; he went to temple after closing the deal :)
DeleteThe women would be with the Saudi women in another area of the palace or behind the screen, they are not allowed to mingle with the men.
Remember, Trump is always in a competition with Obama and Obama only sold $110 billion in weapons to the Saudis during his two terms and now Trump has trumped that in only his first 120 days of his first term.
Delete6:29: Not sure, but I doubt there are any Jewish temples in SA. No, Mr. Perfect skipped out on his religious responsibilities this week. I mean, what's more important? Money, power, or prayer?
DeleteWomen can not mingle with the men there. Poor Melaria was likely hoping to pick up a few $$$ during the trip.
DeleteI suppose the one comforting bit of information I read today was that most of Europe considers Trump to be an ignorant idiot and they don't take him seriously.
ReplyDeleteWhile that may be humiliating for us, at least it makes it less likely for him to start any wars while he's traveling.
Any reports that Donald Trump has been issued a fake red button to push if he loses his shit...UNCONFIRMED AND WOULD BE TOTALLY CLASSIFIED ANYWAY!!!
DeleteI'm still hopeful that whoever changed the nuke codes last destroyed the new ones and put the old ones back wherever they are stored. "Jarod, get over here! This button doesn't work!"
DeleteIt doesn’t matter that Melanomia “excited” those Saudis by letting her hair blow in the wind instead of covering it because they have already seen the nude photos of her on the Internet.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I have the feeling this arms deal is going to come back to bite us?
Also is this the same deal that donnie convinced American companies to sell their weapons below cost in order to have the deal go through?
“Even worse, one of the president’s senior advisers purposefully fought to make a US company less money in order to help another country out. I very much doubt that’s what most Trump voters expected his “America First” policy to look like.”
https://www.vox.com/2017/5/20/15626638/trump-saudi-arabia-arms-deal
The Muslims are weirdos and any American that goes over there and kowtows to their stupid head and body covering rules is a fool.
DeleteAll religions are terrible but Islam kind of takes the cake as far as awfulness goes, followed very closely by catholicism. All of the other sky fairy crap comes in third, but they are all horrifically terrible.
Prince Jared was the negotiator in this "possibly illegal" arms deal. He called Lockheed to try to get them to cut their prices for their death toys. Possibly illegal because the Saudis are killing people in Yemen. Allegedly. Probably. In other fun news, icky longtime bud of Fat Donald, Roger Stone, tweeted that FD bowing and getting medaled and curtsying to the Saudi king "made him want to puke." Good times.
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Delete@7:15, the Israelis are just as horrible in their treatment of women, who they don't want present and even airbrush out pictures of American woman politicians so as not to offend the holy, holy pee-pees of the men.
Then they go to Dubai and pay thousands of $$$ to sleep with women like Lindsey Lohan, Miranda Kerr and any model you can name. I wonder if any of them recognize Maleria from her previous "career"?? Also, too how many of the Saudi royals were thinking "We took out the World Trade Center, and left this asshole in his Tower"?
DeleteYup. IOKIYAR. Just like when the right criticized President Obama bowed to the Saudi king as a greeting. Not everyone in the world shakes hands, or in trumps case, tries to show how strong he his by yanking ur arm. Trump got a medal today then curtsied for chrisakes. Go look at the video on raw story. Remember when the right called Obama a king for his executive orders? IOKIYAR
ReplyDeleteMelania wont wear a scarf but she is willing to walk behind her husband in defferance to the Saudi culture . Winning!She was at least not showing her tits but than again all the world has seen her tits, not her new an improved tits though they are bigger now than they used to be.
ReplyDeleteDid you see Fox news spreading the lie that Michelle Obama wore a scarf when she went there ? Do they not know video exists? Plastic First Lady wears a jumpsuit with a gold belt and the right wing calls that classy. She is the most insecure First Lady we have ever had.
Supposedly she speaks five languages i call bullshit!Twenty years in the US and she is hard to understand.
She does nothing but poses like the former nude model she is.If her face gets lifted anymore her eyes will dissapear.This is what we get when we as a society value looks above brains.
Women's lib? How the "F" far have we gotten? We are bombarded every day with fake butts, fake boobs and fake face. Like this is some kind of empowering right available to make us successful. And we as women all know it.
We do yoga, we diet because we know a Candy Crowley will no longer be hired but we have a gross fat ass as President and hey he is a guy so that's ok.Hillary Clinton was derided for her pantsuits and frankly i do not see this next generation accepting brains as a value.
This is not to say we should not take care of ourselves as women but we have evolved into a shallow culture where our worth is measured by the pound. We are bombarded every day by get your "bikini" body now here's how.
Now ask yourselves how far have women really come. And we allow it with every Daily News photo of women celebrities being put on display.
Last night I saw a short interview of Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen. She speaks great English, yet she is from Brazil. Maleria still speaks broken English. Gisele was a top model, while Maleria claims to have been one, nobody ever heard of her. The comparison between the two was startling.
DeleteDid anyone see that red contraption that Melanija wore? Tight as usual to show off her plastic tits, she obviously doesn't have enough English to recognize on the list of "Don'ts" in Saudi Arabia is DON'T WEAR TIGHT CLOTHES, IT'S OFFENSIVE TO SAUDIS.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about that hair? She's not a young woman, she's closer to 50 than 40 why TF does she have all that inelegant teenager hair? She looks horrible all round.
The American Embassy supposedly gave them a “ don’t do list”, however knowing these crass people they will ignore it or do it on purpose.
DeleteSome article mentioned that Melanomia won’t make any mistakes because she is a world traveler after working in Paris and Milano. HA HA that doesn’t mean she mingled or understands other cultures.
Fuck those Muslim assholes, I'd wear the skimpiest outfit I own and let my long hair flow proudly if I had to be in the presence of these religious freaks.
DeleteGood thing Kuwait isn't a Muslim country! Otherwise tight shirt and pants and ankles showing and whatnot! Hoohah!
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In other news, Louise Mensch is off her meds again:
ReplyDeleteTwitter Loses It When Louise Mensch Says ‘Marshal of the Supreme Court’ Told Trump About Impeachment
http://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-loses-it-when-louise-mensch-says-marshal-of-the-supreme-court-told-trump-about-impeachment/
Says the mensch:
"Sources further say that the Supreme Court notified Mr. Trump that the formal process of a case of impeachment against him was begun, before he departed the country on Air Force One. The notification was given, as part of the formal process of the matter, in order that Mr. Trump knew he was not able to use his powers of pardon against other suspects in Trump-Russia cases. Sources have confirmed that the Marshal of the Supreme Court spoke to Mr. Trump."
She's a card isn't she? None of her "predictions" have ever come to fruition and she just showed that she has zero clue about how we do things here in America.
DeleteShe should just focus her outrage on shit that is happening in her own country and stop trying to pretend that she knows anything about what is going on here, across the pond.
She's just an attention-seeking fraud.
She's sitting on top of a steaming pile of crap that's getting larger and larger and dreaming of the day she finally lays a golden egg.
DeleteMensch appears to be a full tilt looner.
DeleteAnd she worked for the Murcdochs...
In May 2014, she started developing new digital projects for News Corporation,[
I never quite figured that out. She was on the panel investigating the Murdoch empire phone scandal when Rupe almost got pied and then she ended up on their payroll?
DeleteSign me up! I'll bake a cream pie with a brick in it.
Obama brokered over 110 billion dollars in arms deals to the Saudis and he received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
ReplyDeleteIt's just the way things work, unfortunately, America sells death to other countries and they use it to give us what the administrations always call a "sense of global peace" and "American security". Everyone in the administrations tends to forget that the majority of the terrorists that committed 9/11 were Saudis, but we're always kissing their ass for oil and ignoring the fact that they use American weapons to kill civilians.
It's all bullshit and the world is a really terrible place but I'm happy to be here in the country that is selling the weapons rather than being a poor person in a middle eastern country on the receiving end of them; just an accident of birth, that's all.
Obama brokered over 110 billion dollars in arms deals to the Saudis Obama brokered over 110 billion dollars in arms deals to the Saudis
DeleteThat deal never went through because of human rights problems, the deal donnie made was actual based on Obama’s deal.
I, myself, am pretty darned disgusted to call myself an American these days.
DeleteThere is no way that super Jared could have negotiated this arms deal from start to finish in less than four months time. If it was blocked during President Obama's term in office, then it still should be blocked today. Perhaps even more so because much less sane heads prevail today.
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Remember the time when the right wing had a fit because Michelle Obama wore a sleveless dress? Now we can see the First Ladies nipples [ look at the pics of them boarding air force one] and the rednecks are all bragging about how classy she is.
ReplyDeleteIt's embarrassing. She needs to know that she is a represantative of the United States. She is no longer a nude model who's only worth is to flash her tits.
She needs to step up and find a cause besides being arm candy for a fat orange comb over fucks ego.
Well, she did put her bathrobe on before deplaning in Saudi Arabia, I guess.
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She HAD a cause. She was going to make money on her photos being all over the place...she was told no. So she's pouting. And reading magazines (probably cutting out her photos for a scrapbook) and pretending to take care of Barron, who is not even on this trip. Nor are the Kushner kids. Who's being paid to take care of all those kids for 10 days? I thought Princess wanted to be a mom?
DeleteIt's common knowledge on the streets of New York City that among the first few phrases aspiring models from eastern Europe learn after getting off the boat to pursue fame and fortune are
ReplyDelete"FIGH DOLLAH! MAKE YOU HOLLAH!"
It may not be true but it's out there. People are talking about it.
Heard prices have gone up!
Delete"FIDDY DOLLAH! MAKE YOU HOLLAH!"
It may not be true but it's out there. People are talking about it.
You can't get FIDDY DOLLAH unless your health card is up-to-date.
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ReplyDeleteJust found out there's another Duggar lawsuit!
http://www.tmz.com/2017/05/18/duggar-sisters-sue-city-police-josh-molestation-report/
smh
Oh yeah. The girls are suing the police, the TV station, the media...must be tough being uneducated and broke.
DeleteTrump is going to blow a major hissy fit when he finds out he can't keep any of the cool, gold SWAG he's going to get gifted with. Ivanka and Jared can't keep any either. Sorry, but no way to get around that particular law. Nope. Not even with a special, retroactive executive order.
ReplyDeleteSorry trump. You can't claim victim hood until you have psychopaths in Frankfurt Germany dedicate years to abusing you, your son and your family.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the third wife's wrapped in a black terrycloth bathrobe. She still resembles Caitlyn Jenner than old photos of herself anymore. Why can't that woman smile or even look remotely interested in what's going on around her? She looks more like a department store mannequin than Pence!
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, I find it odd how Republicans can forgive the Saudis absolutely anything because the ones they mingle with are so rich and they have (had) lots of oil. I guess no one explained to Jared, when he was promoting this deal, the role that the Saudis played in 9/11 or the country most likely to be on the immediate receiving end of the shiny weapons, Yemen, never a good place to live but a great place for terrorists to thrive in with help from Russia. The Saudis hate the Yemenis because they practice yet another brand of Islam. So much for religious tolerance in the region.
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Obviously, Yemen is not a place the tRumps want to build one of their fugly hotels, or golf courses.
DeleteMaybe he can just stay in Saudi. I'd be down with tht
ReplyDeleteWhy did he even bring his 'wife?' Walks six years in front of her, never acts like a gentleman, and these countries hold women in low esteem (oh wait...he's right at home!) She looks SO thrilled to be there too. She may have been a model, but she is no actress. She does know that she's being photographed constantly right? Those pouty bored expressions are not very becoming for a first slut. And just who is watching Barron and the Kushner brood this week? I thought Barron had to be with mom to feel secure. And Princess was going to devote her time to Daddy's businesses and her family. They can't tell the truth about anything. "We both have nannies and lots of help and we see our children for breakfast and dinner, if we're not out brown nosing for the evening with Donnie."
ReplyDelete"just who is watching Barron and the Kushner brood this week"
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"I assume it is only offensive if a Democratic (*cough* black *cough") woman refuses to cover her head while visiting the country."
ReplyDeleteSorry, had something in my throat..
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/trumps-former-ally-roger-stone-slams-president-over-saudi-visit/
ReplyDelete"Trump was presented with the kingdom's highest civilian honor, a gold medal...vomit inducing"
"Trump's first day in Riyadh was the arms deal, and other investments Tillerson said could total up to $350 billion. Both al-Jubeir and Tillerson made clear the arms deal would be used to countering Iran, Reuters reported."
"Trump spoke to journalists where he said it was a "tremendous day" and spoke of "hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the United States and jobs, jobs, jobs. So I would like to thank all of the people of Saudi Arabia." WINNER>little dick FUCKing cheney!