MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Just spoke with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in their Turkish Consulate. He was with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 1:40 pm […]
Category: Saudi Arabia
10/16/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…during the call, and told me that he has already started, and will rapidly expand, a full and complete investigation into this matter. Answers will be forthcoming shortly.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 1:40 pm […]
10/16/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-16-18] denied having any personal financial interest in Saudi Arabia as his relationship with the country comes under scrutiny amid the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi…Trump had said Monday [10-15-18] that Saudi King Salman ‘firmly denied any knowledge of’ Khashoggi’s disappearance in a call […]
10/16/2018
RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 8:15 am […]
10/16/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “A Saudi mission that resulted in the apparent death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul was organized by a high-ranking officer with the General Intelligence Presidency, Saudi Arabia’s main intelligence service, three sources familiar with the case told CNN. One of those sources described the officer as close to the inner […]
10/16/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump has dug a moral hole through the middle of America’s foreign policy — and he’s not sorry at all. The President’s reaction to the apparent murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul offers the clearest evidence yet of his turn away from […]
10/15/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump Tuesday [10-16-18] criticized rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia over the case of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warning of a rush to judgment. In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump compared the situation to the allegations of sexual assault leveled against Supreme Court Justice Brett […]
10/15/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a comment that could give Saudi officials a route to climb down from outright denials, President Donald Trump suggested Monday [01-15-18] that ‘rogue killers’ could be responsible for the disappearance and presumed murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who hasn’t been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks […]
10/15/2018
SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Just spoke to the King of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened ‘to our Saudi Arabian citizen.’ He said that they are working closely with Turkey to find answer. I am immediately sending our Secretary of State to meet with King!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 15, […]
10/13/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “U.S. President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Saturday [10-13-18] that there would be ‘severe punishment’ for Saudi Arabia if it turns out that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist, is a prominent critic of the Saudi authorities and […]
10/13/2018
GUNS/MEDIA/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want a $110 billion arms deal he brokered with Saudi Arabia to unravel over allegations the Gulf kingdom murdered a journalist at its consulate in Turkey. But his comments are missing the mark on a key fact: Saudi Arabia has so far only followed through […]
10/12/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Donald Trump may be positioning himself, and by extension the American people, yet again, on the wrong side of another profound moral divide — defending an utterly criminal regime in the Middle East to which he plighted his troth from the earliest days of his presidency — the kingdom of Saudi […]
10/12/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday [10-12-18] that he has not talked to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman but will call the royal leader soon, as questions mount about the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A delegation from Saudi Arabia has now arrived in Turkey as part of a […]
10/12/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Sword dancers. Gleaming palaces. Military jets streaming red, white and blue trails. President Donald Trump soaked up the grandeur of Saudi Arabia on his first foreign stop as president last year and envisioned huge benefits for the United States in building closer ties with the repressive and oil-rich desert kingdom. Now, […]
10/11/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A leading Republican senator said Thursday [10-11-18] that he believes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and that ‘there is no question the Saudis did this.’ Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker told CNN that the ‘intel points directly’ to Saudi Arabia for the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi […]
10/11/2018
RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [10-11-18] that Saudi Arabia would redirect its spending to U.S. rivals if he cut off arms sales over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, noting to reporters that the journalist is not a U.S. citizen…Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who had been living in exile in the United […]
10/11/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/GOP/MEDIA/RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-11-18] he saw no reason to block Saudi Arabian investments in the United States despite concern over a missing Saudi journalist, saying the Gulf nation would then just move its money into Russia and China. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also […]
10/11/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “The suspected murder of a prominent Saudi journalist exposed a growing rift on Thursday [10-11-18] between the White House and Congress over American policy on Saudi Arabia, as Republican lawmakers demanded an investigation of Jamal Khashoggi’s whereabouts even as President Trump declared his relations with Riyadh ‘excellent.’ The Saudi-led, United States-backed […]
10/11/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/MIDDLE EAST/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner are learning that hyper-personalized family diplomacy and throwing in their lot with foreign strongmen can come at a damaging political price. The disappearance and possible murder of the US-based dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul is primarily a […]
10/10/2018
MEDIA/MIDDLE EAST/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul a little over a week ago and disappeared, leaders and media worldwide demanded the kingdom explain Turkish claims that the journalist had been killed by the Saudi government. The US initially stayed relatively quiet — but pressure for a more robust […]
10/9/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-9-18] he plans to speak with Saudi Arabian officials about the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing a week ago. Trump, speaking at the White House, said he did not know details about Khashoggi’s disappearance. Asked if he had spoken […]
10/9/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée implored President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ‘to help shed light on’ his disappearance in an op-ed published by The Washington Post Tuesday [10-9-18]. Khashoggi vanished on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. As a columnist for the Post, he […]
10/5/2018
IRAN/MILITARY/RALLY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dismissed remarks by Donald Trump in which the U.S. president said he had warned the king he would not last in power ‘for two weeks’ without U.S. military backing and demanded he pay up…Trump made the comments at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday […]
7/3/2018
OIL/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oil prices reversed gains after hitting $75 a barrel on Tuesday [7-3-18], as Saudi Arabia said it is prepared to pump more oil to ease supply constraints in the market. Prices swung wildly. Light, sweet crude for August delivery traded in the morning at the highest level since November 2014, before […]
6/30/2018
OIL/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia and explained to him that, because of the turmoil & disfunction in Iran and Venezuela, I am asking that Saudi Arabia increase oil production, maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels, to make up the difference…Prices to high! He has agreed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/7/2018
IRAN/NUCLEAR/OIL/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day before U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, one of his senior officials phoned Saudi Arabia to ask the world’s largest oil exporter to help keep prices stable if the decision disrupted supply. Riyadh, Tehran’s arch rival, has long been a close Washington ally, but direct […]
5/8/2018
IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized the clerical Iranian government, reopening it to the world economy with oil revenue […]
5/8/2018
IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized Iran’s clerical government, reopening it to the world economy with oil revenue that […]
5/2/2018
GUANTANAMO/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has transferred a Guantánamo Bay prisoner to the custody of Saudi Arabia, a spokeswoman announced on Wednesday [5-2-18]. The handoff is the first time a detainee has left the wartime prison under President Trump, who vowed to fill it back up but has now instead overseen a reduction in […]
3/20/2018
IRAN/NUKES/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/YEMEN:“President Trump welcomed Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to the White House on Tuesday [3-20-18], reaffirming his embrace of an ambitious young monarch bent on reforming his country and realigning the Middle East. The last time Mr. Trump played host to Prince Mohammed at the White House, a year ago, […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/CHINA/PAKISTAN/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saudi Arabia joined Turkey and China in a move to block a U.S.-led attempt this week to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list, according to officials involved in the process, in a rare disagreement between Riyadh and the Trump administration. Saudi Arabia’s move on behalf of Pakistan came […]
2/20/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NUCLEAR ENERGY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is pursuing a deal to sell nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia despite the kingdom’s refusal to accept the most stringent restrictions against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials say. Saudi Arabia’s nuclear energy ambitions could open a new market worth tens of billions of dollars, […]
12/20/2017
IRAQ/NATIONAL SECURITY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior national security officials in the Trump administration are embracing a proposal to transfer to Saudi Arabia an American citizen being held in Iraq as a wartime detainee, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. A meeting last week of the National Security Council’s ‘deputies committee’ — the No. 2 […]
12/13/2017
DEFENSE/IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN: “The Trump administration will present evidence Thursday [12-14-17] of what it says is proof that Iran has provided missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen, missiles like those the rebels have recently fired into Saudi Arabia, three defense officials told CNN Wednesday. The evidence, including missile components, is expected to be presented to reporters […]
12/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first signs of strain with President Donald Trump’s administration among his closest Arab allies have surfaced over the policy shift on Jerusalem, an indication that the U.S. is at risk of alienating potential partners in the pursuit of Mideast peace and the building of a coalition to counter Iran. […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/YEMEN: “President Trump pressed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday [12-6-17] to fully end its blockade of food, water, medicine and fuel into Yemen, a rare humanitarian rebuke to the Middle East ally that he has firmly embraced since taking office. Saudi Arabia joined Yemen’s civil war, which pit the country’s leaders against […]
11/10/2017
REX TILLERSON/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday [11-10-17] that a wave of arrests among the elite in Saudi Arabia raises ‘a few concerns,’ as he is awaiting word on ‘how these particular individuals are dealt with.’ His assessment of the Saudi corruption investigation contrasted with comments from President Donald Trump, […]
11/6/2017
SAUDI ARABIA: “I have great confidence in King Salman and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, they know exactly what they are doing… Some of those they are harshly treating have been ‘milking’ their country for years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 6, 2017 06:03pm and 06:05pm […]
11/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald J. Trump has spoken with the king of Saudi Arabia to offer a wholehearted endorsement of a drive to modernize the kingdom, as the Saudi authorities arrested scores of prominent business people and ministers in a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown. In an unusually lengthy and detailed readout of the […]
11/4/2017
SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Would very much appreciate Saudi Arabia doing their IPO of Aramco with the New York Stock Exchange. Important to the United States!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 4, 2017 07:49am […]
10/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner and other senior White House advisers traveled to Saudi Arabia last week to continue discussions on Middle East peace, a White House official told CNN. Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Jason Greenblatt, special representative for international negotiations, joined Kushner on the trip. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s […]
10/4/2017
SAUDI ARABIA/UN: “The United Nations has placed Saudi Arabia on a draft blacklist of countries that kill and maim children in war, a contentious decision that, if finalized, could enrage one of the organization’s most generous donors. A draft of the annual list, seen Wednesday [10-4-17] by The New York Times, includes the Saudi-led coalition […]
9/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA: “During my trip to Saudi Arabia, I spoke to the leaders of more than 50 Arab & Muslim nations about the need to confront our shared enemies.. https://t.co/8oeAQfIeX8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2017 03:18pm […]
7/3/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke yesterday with the King of Saudi Arabia about peace in the Middle-East. Interesting things are happening!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 3, 2017 06:19am […]
6/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump thrust himself into a bitter Persian Gulf dispute on Tuesday, taking credit for Saudi Arabia’s move to isolate its smaller neighbor, Qatar, and rattling his national security staff by upending a critical American strategic relationship. In a series of tweets, Mr. Trump said his call for an end […]
6/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TERRORISM: “So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding… extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East were great. Trying hard for PEACE. Doing well. Heading to Vatican & Pope, then #G7 and #NATO.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2017 10:47am […]
5/21/2017
SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “Just two days into President Donald Trump debut foreign trip, a member of his inner-circle has already reaped benefits to the tune of $100 million. In a sunlit ballroom Sunday [5-21-17] morning at the Tuwaiq Palace in Saudi Arabia, Ivanka Trump’s proposed Women Entrepreneurs Fund — a concept she first shared during […]
5/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#RiyadhSummit #POTUSAbroad?? https://t.co/WdDEOiV6oS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 04:51pm […]
5/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speech transcript at Arab Islamic American Summit ➡️https://t.co/eUWxJXJxbe Replay ➡️https://t.co/VtmlSqciXx #RiyadhSummit #POTUSAbroad” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 11:47am […]
5/21/2017
EDUCATION/FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @FLOTUS: I had a wonderful time with the students at the American International School #Riyadh today. #SaudiaArabia https://t.co/AVzVV0W…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2017 06:15am […]
5/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Looking forward to the afternoon and evening ahead. #POTUSAbroad https://t.co/JJOra0KfyR” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 20, 2017 04:44am […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “On the afternoon of May 1, President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, welcomed a high-level delegation of Saudis to a gilded reception room next door to the White House and delivered a brisk pep talk: ‘Let’s get this done today.’ Mr. Kushner was referring to a $100 billion-plus arms deal that […]
5/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN: “The mostly Gulf Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia and backed by U.S. arms and intelligence, has waged a nearly two-year-old campaign on behalf of Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which the Houthi movement – allied with Saudi’s arch-foe Iran – is battling to dislodge. Trump has signaled a tough new line on […]
5/4/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/POPE FRANCIS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this month, the White House announced on Thursday [5-4-17], making the two countries his first foreign destinations since taking office, as he seeks to intensify the war against the Islamic State, rally the region against Iran and negotiate Middle East […]
4/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained on Thursday [4-27-17] that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia was not treating the United States fairly and Washington was losing a ‘tremendous amount of money’ defending the kingdom. In an interview with Reuters, Trump confirmed his administration was in talks about possible visits to Saudi Arabia and […]
3/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump hosted Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia for lunch at the White House on Tuesday, moving to forge a warmer relationship with the kingdom after a period of tension between the United States and a longstanding ally. The lunch was an early effort by Mr. […]
3/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump meets Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House for a discussion likely to touch on investment opportunities in the kingdom and efforts to stop the war in Syria.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March 14, […]
2/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/SAUDI ARABIA: “W[ithin] hours of signing his executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump called King Salman of Saudi Arabia to discuss closer ties. ‘Trump reassures the allies…and the travel restrictions befuddle the world’, read the front-page banner of Asharq Al-Alawsat, a newspaper owned by the king’s son, on the following […]
9/15/2015
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/SAUDI ARABIA: “Saudi Arabia was ‘vehemently’ against the Iran nuclear deal. Then today they embraced it. What happened? What did we give them to endorse?” – Sept. 5, 2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 9/15/2015 […]
6/29/2015
SAUDI ARABIA: “Saudi Arabia should be paying the United States many billions of dollars for our defense of them. Without us, gone! @AlWaleedbinT” – 6/29/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 6/29/2015 […]
5/11/2015
OBAMA/SAUDI ARABIA: “Can you imagine, we spend billions of dollars protecting Saudi Arabia and now the King refuses to even meet with Obama. Great leadership!” – 5/11/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/11/2015 […]
4/20/2015
IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA: “We are getting ready to protect Saudi Arabia against Iran & others-sending ships. How much are they going to pay us toward this protection.” – 4/20/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/20/2015 […]
3/26/2015
OBAMA/SAUDI ARABIA/YEMEN: “Pres. Obama was touting Yemen as a great success story – it just fell. Obama doesn’t know what he is doing. Saudi Arabia is in big trouble.” – 3/26/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/26/2015 […]
3/26/2015
SAUDI ARABIA: “If Saudi Arabia, which has been making one billion dollars a day from oil, wants our help and protection, they must pay dearly! NO FREEBIES.” – 3/26/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/26/2015 […]
1/29/2015
OBAMA FAMILY/SAUDI ARABIA: “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” – 1/29/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 1/29/2015 […]
10/24/2014
ISIS/OIL/SAUDI ARABIA: “Saudis just cut oil supply,making prices rise ‘immediately’ while we are fighting ISIS for them http://t.co/16ewj1tSnK What are we doing!” – 10/24/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/24/2014 […]
8/31/2014
POLITICAL FIGURES/SAUDI ARABIA/TERRORISM: “Have you been watching how Saudi Arabia has been taunting our VERY dumb political leaders to protect them from ISIS. Why aren’t they paying?” – 8/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/31/2014 […]
8/31/2014
SAUDI ARABIA: “Saudi Arabia should fight their own wars, which they won’t, or pay us an absolute fortune to protect them and their great wealth-$ trillion!” – 8/31/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/31/2014 […]
10/23/2013
SAUDI ARABIA/SYRIA: “If the Saudis are so concerned about Syria then they should go in themselves. Stop telling us to do their dirty work.” – 10/23/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/23/2013 […]
10/18/2013
SAUDI ARABIA/U.N.: “No surprise Saudis turned down spot on UN Security Council. They don’t want responsibility. Just have us do their heavy lifting.” – 10/18/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 10/18/2013 […]
7/30/2012
OBAMA/SAUDI ARABIA: “.@BarackObama bowed to the Saudi King in public–yet the Dems are questioning @MittRomney’s diplomatic skills.” [4:12:51 PM] – 7/30/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/30/2012 […]
7/3/2012
OBAMA/OIL/OPEC/SAUDI ARABIA: “I believe @BarackObama made a deal with the Saudis to increase oil production until after the election. Then OPEC can have a field day. But yesterday, prices went up–they must think Obama is in trouble.” [11:13:37 AM] – 7/3/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 7/3/2012 […]
6/20/2012
MEXICO/OBAMA/SAUDI ARABIA: “The Amateur! First @BarackObama was caught bowing to the Saudi King but now the President of Mexico! http://t.co/f0CFiUS9” [3:36:33 PM] – 6/20/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/20/2012 […]
6/12/2012
MEDIA/OIL/OPEC/SAUDI ARABIA: “Don’t believe the media stories. OPEC and the Saudis have not been doing us any favors recently with oil outputs. Oil should be $30/barrel.” [2:14:51 PM] – 6/12/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/12/2012 […]
5/31/2012
CHINA/ENERGY/OIL/SAUDI ARABIA: “China and Saudi Arabia recently struck a deal which is ‘the largest expansion by any oil company in the world’ http://bit.ly/JN3yRz We must become energy independent through our own resources.” [10:36:51 AM] – 5/31/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 5/31/2012 […]
4/4/2012
ELECTION/OIL/SAUDI ARABIA: “He @BarackObama made a deal with Saudi Arabia to pump the hell out of oil until after the election. Watch what happens to oil prices after the election (if he wins)—It won’t be pretty.” [12:22:19 PM] – 4/4/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, Twitlonger.com, 4/4/2012 […]
3/21/2012
OIL/OPEC/SAUDI ARABIA: “The Saudis are taking credit for a meager 2% drop on crude http://reut.rs/GG0CiS They always play this game –they manipulate the price then think we are idiots and will thank them for agreeing to release some more oil. We need a leader who knows how to deal with OPEC.” [2:09:45 PM] – 3/21/2012, […]