On same weekend as record-breaking arms deal, Saudis announced $100 million donation to Ivanka fund [View all]

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(and we all remember douche boy screaming about the 25mil saudis donated to the clinton foundation (NOT while HRC was SoS!!))


On same weekend as record-breaking arms deal, Saudis announced $100 million donation to Ivanka fund

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first daughter and Advisor to the US President Ivanka Trump (R) visits the Holocaust memorial during her visit on April 25, 2017 in Berlin. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Michael Sohn (Photo credit should read MICHAEL SOHN/AFP/Getty Images)
A $100 million donation from Saudi Arabia to kickstart Ivanka Trump's 'women's fund'?





Over the weekend, Jared Kushner was credited with negotiating a $110 billion arms deal to the Saudis, the largest arms deal in U.S. history:
The deal was finalized in part thanks to the direct involvement of Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser. He shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call. Pressured to finalize a massive $100-plus billion arms deal in the two weeks leading up to Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia, Kushner hoped to maneuver a discount on Lockheed's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during the Saudis' visit to the White House on May 1 -- a request that Hewson said she would look into at the time.

Coincidentally, the Saudis have also agreed to donate a whopping $100 million to the recently announced women's fund inspired by Jared Kushner’s wife, Ivanka Trump:
The World Bank plans to announce Sunday at an event with Ivanka Trump, the U.S. president’s daughter and senior White House adviser, that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have pledged $100 million collectively toward a fund for women who own or want to start businesses, according to people familiar with the announcement.

You know what would advance women in Saudi Arabia? Rights. Actual rights guaranteeing their protection and equality.

The Wall Street Journal is quick to note that Ivanka Trump doesn’t personally solicit these donations, but it can’t be helped when they magically follow her around:

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