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Roland99

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4. The gist of it. And if this holds up, I don't see how they DON'T SPEND LIFE IN PRISON!!!
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 11:06 AM
Dec 2018
As the transition team does its work in December 2016, a small (if overlapping) group of additional Trump aides, associates, and allies—including Michael Flynn, Tom Barrack, Rick Gates, and Bud McFarlane—do a different sort of work: they lobby Trump to give nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia so that Russian companies and others can get billions of dollars in contracts to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East.

The proposal would “require lifting sanctions on Russia,” according to Reuters, to allow currently sanctioned Russian companies to partner with American entities to build reactors in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—the latter nation, too, because, under the terms of a deal signed many years ago by the United States, if the American government relaxes nuclear-weapon safeguards on Saudi Arabia, a “gold standard” clause from a past U.S.-UAE nuclear deal would ultimately entitle the UAE to enrich uranium as well. As explained by ProPublica, “Saudi Arabia needs approval from the U.S. in order to receive sensitive American technology. Past negotiations broke down because the Saudi government wouldn’t commit to certain safeguards against eventually using the technology for weapons. Now the Trump administration has reopened those talks and might not insist on the same precautions.”

Abramson, Seth. Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America . Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.


60. Isaac Arnsdorf, “White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology with Saudi Arabia,” ProPublica, November 29, 2017, https://www.propublica.org/article/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-with-saudi-arabia. 61. Reuters, “Saudi Arabia Says It Has Options if U.S. Walks Away from Nuclear Power Deal,” Haaretz, March 25, 2018, https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/saudi-arabia-says-it-has-options-if-u-s-walks-from-nuclear-power-deal-1.5938599; Warren Strobel, “Exclusive: Mideast nuclear plan backers bragged of support of top Trump aide Flynn,” Reuters, December 1, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-nuclear-exclusive/exclusive-mideast-nuclear-plan-backers-bragged-of-support-of-top-trump-aide-flynn-idUSKBN1DV5Z6.

Abramson, Seth. Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America . Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.




This has all been available thru various news sources and the Steele Dossier

Seth has done an AMAZING job compiling it all into an easy to follow medium

I canNOT recommend this book or audiobook enough

i mean...dear f'n gawd!!

In January 2017, however, what the Saudis (and Emiratis) most want from Trump is nuclear technology—specifically, sales of same without a Section 123 Agreement prohibiting the Saudis from ever weaponizing their uranium. The opportunity exists, should the United States assent to these sales, for all parties to get what they want: the Trumps, as much as a billion dollars; the Russians, an end to sanctions; the Saudis and the UAE, nuclear reactors, an easing of Russian support for Iran, and the right to enrich uranium without prohibitions on its subsequent weaponization; Qatar, an end to the Saudi blockade, the favor of the Trump administration, and a very large—and likely to grow, should sanctions on Russia end—private stake in Russia’s state-owned oil company.

Abramson, Seth. Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America . Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

100. Steve Mufson, “Pompeo: Saudis must not enrich uranium if it seeks civilian nuclear cooperation,” Washington Post, May 24, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pompeo-saudis-must-not-enrich-uranium-if-it-seeks-civilian-nuclear-cooperation/2018/05/24/714c5e30-5f92-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html?utm_term=.13d5782b6cf8.

Abramson, Seth. Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America . Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.

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It was to be Turbineguy Dec 2018 #1
And remember two things: Iran wanted to build nuke plants for domestic use and allgood33 Dec 2018 #2
Can someone please explain to me... Zoonart Dec 2018 #3
nope. global warming denial is tied to it in the sense that by letting it get bad enough certainot Dec 2018 #18
+1. thanks for this angle yonder Dec 2018 #27
Or the Saudis know they've passed peak oil and keeping it from everyone Roland99 Dec 2018 #29
The gist of it. And if this holds up, I don't see how they DON'T SPEND LIFE IN PRISON!!! Roland99 Dec 2018 #4
Oh what a tangled web we weave. The Liberal Lion Dec 2018 #6
And this is a huge reason why ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #11
oligarchs have purchased SCOTUS, WH, Senate Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #33
Thank you for this and the book recommendation. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2018 #22
Booooooommm!!! Lock him up!! Lock him up!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2018 #26
treason Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #32
REC!!! Cha Dec 2018 #35
I mean, I know that Israel and SA, watoos Dec 2018 #5
Citations of sources would help please. Ford_Prefect Dec 2018 #7
edited post #4 Roland99 Dec 2018 #10
Thankfully no nuclear materials can be sold to any other country without Congressional approval. George II Dec 2018 #8
But, this was a deal for the Russians to sell to Saudis neohippie Dec 2018 #16
and flynn probably driven by want saudi to control terrorism in ME! certainot Dec 2018 #19
Traitor isn't a strong enough term! Roland99 Dec 2018 #24
Projecting MF'ers once again. MrsCoffee Dec 2018 #9
Not sure that "plutonium" is part of the deal. erronis Dec 2018 #12
If this nuclear deal falls apart, watoos Dec 2018 #13
I wonder if this will all become easier for the parties involved... WeekiWater Dec 2018 #14
This is news that we already had months ago but fell through the cracks. colorado_ufo Dec 2018 #15
It's not supposed to be the narrative. watoos Dec 2018 #17
So, Trump harping on Uranium One NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #20
I wonder how many repug congressmen have been making these back channel deals elmac Dec 2018 #21
One explanation of the high-five They_Live Dec 2018 #23
Nuclear tech to the Saudis pecosbob Dec 2018 #25
Give the author a little credit. Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #28
See post 4 Roland99 Dec 2018 #30
Sorry....obviously I was reading from down to up. :-) NT Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #34
Heh. No worries. I shoulda added a bit more in the op Roland99 Dec 2018 #36
Well, sure leftynyc Dec 2018 #31
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