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meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 10:28 AM Jun 2017

Trump Gets Busted For Spreading Fake News As His Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia Was A Lie

The $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia that Trump touted on his first overseas trip was fake news. The deal doesn’t exist according to experts.

Bruce Reidel of The Brookings Institute wrote, “I’ve spoken to contacts in the defense business and on the Hill, and all of them say the same thing: There is no $110 billion deal. Instead, there are a bunch of letters of interest or intent, but not contracts. Many are offers that the defense industry thinks the Saudis will be interested in someday. So far nothing has been notified to the Senate for review. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the arms sales wing of the Pentagon, calls them “intended sales.” None of the deals identified so far are new, all began in the Obama administration.”

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/06/06/trump-busted-spreading-fake-news-arms-deal-saudi-arabia-lie.html

And he has the temerity to accuse MSM of spreading fake news?!

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Trump Gets Busted For Spreading Fake News As His Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia Was A Lie (Original Post) meow2u3 Jun 2017 OP
Ol' John Barron strikes again...spreading fake news for trump. Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #1
So we're not going to see those "Jobs, jobs, jobs" Trump was promising? gratuitous Jun 2017 #2
If Trump tells you the sky is blue, you better look outside. Vinca Jun 2017 #3
This deal was bogus Gothmog Jun 2017 #4
Can I ask a dumb question here? smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #5

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. So we're not going to see those "Jobs, jobs, jobs" Trump was promising?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jun 2017

I wonder if anyone in the media has a long enough memory to ask the president about that.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Can I ask a dumb question here?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 12:21 PM
Jun 2017

I am no expert on the subject, but does anyone see the danger that selling arms to the Saudi's may very well mean that weapons of mass destruction will end up in the hands of ISIS or other Islamic radical groups who are determined to destroy the west?

It seems to me that we have seen this movie before.

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