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manor321

(3,344 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2018, 08:24 PM Nov 2018

Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns [View all]

Remember how Michael Flynn was scheming with Saudi Arabia? I bet these things are related.

Nov. 17, 2018

WASHINGTON — A top White House official responsible for American policy toward Saudi Arabia resigned on Friday evening, a move that may suggest fractures inside the Trump administration over the response to the brutal killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

The official, Kirsten Fontenrose, had pushed for tough measures against the Saudi government, and had been in Riyadh to discuss a raft of sanctions that the American government imposed in recent days against those identified as responsible for the killing, according to two people familiar with the conversations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/trump-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html

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Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns [View all] manor321 Nov 2018 OP

More likely Trump and Jared interfered with what she thought was appropriate/required response RockRaven Nov 2018 #1

I think this was murder. By the same token, what if the Saudis had killed Khashoggi with a drone? marble falls Nov 2018 #2

But Ivanka wants many more visits in SA! Grasswire2 Nov 2018 #3