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dansolo

(5,376 posts)
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 01:14 PM Oct 2019

So how is Saudi Arabia paying for our troops?

I'm fairly certain that the Saudi's aren't going to be giving money to the Treasury to offset the costs of deploying troops. So how exactly are they "paying" for it? My guess is that Trump is referring to the money paid for arms sales, except that money doesn't go to the troops. Perhaps the Saudi's are paying Trump directly, which would be illegal and impeachable. We really need to get to the bottom of that statement by Trump.

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So how is Saudi Arabia paying for our troops? (Original Post) dansolo Oct 2019 OP
Jared. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1
+1 Retrograde Oct 2019 #2
+ - Saudi Arabia and the Emirates have supposedly invested avebury Oct 2019 #4
Booking entire floors at Trump hotels. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #3
By lending Trump and/or Jared money? Vinca Oct 2019 #5
They are stroking Trump's Ego Bettie Oct 2019 #6
Could be that tRUMP is expecting a shipment of bone saws from his Sod-die pals. abqtommy Oct 2019 #7

avebury

(10,952 posts)
4. + - Saudi Arabia and the Emirates have supposedly invested
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 01:35 PM
Oct 2019

a nine figure amount in a company owned by Jared, his brother and some others.

Vinca

(50,318 posts)
5. By lending Trump and/or Jared money?
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 01:42 PM
Oct 2019

There's a reason American troops are being sent to a nation that slices and dices journalists and it has nothing to do with safety.

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