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politicat

(9,808 posts) Wed Jun 21, 2017, 02:09 AM Jun 2017

Saudi Arabia's crown prince deposed

Source: CNN.com

(CNN)Saudi Arabia's king deposed the sitting crown prince Wednesday and replaced him with Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the deputy crown prince, the state news agency reported.

Mohammed bin Salman, who is the son of King Salman, will now be the first in line to the throne.

He will continue in his role as minister of defense, according to a royal decree cited by state media.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/middleeast/saudi-arabia-crown-prince/index.html

This is the person running the war in Yemen, and will continue there.
He's also the person who seems to be trying to steer the Saudi economy towards diversity while maintaining the oil as their transitional capital.

This is something to keep an eye on.

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Saudi Arabia's crown prince deposed (Original Post) politicat Jun 2017 OP

I'm next in line. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2017 #1

LoL denbot Jun 2017 #2

Username checks out. AngryAmish Jun 2017 #6

Very interesting, isn't it? First photo taken from your link. Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #3

You can clearly see how Salman's hands dwarf Drumpf's! BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #4

I was thinking the same thing. teeny tiny orange hands. nt Javaman Jun 2017 #7

Uhhh, when I lived there the right-handed handshake was considered a grave insult. byronius Jun 2017 #8

I think you have that backward. Aristus Jun 2017 #9

It's been a long time; you may be right. byronius Jun 2017 #10

Left hand is the rude one. nt tblue37 Jun 2017 #13

A picture of the prince in better days.... Tanuki Jun 2017 #5

Every time I see a pic of our last true POTUS my heart does a backflip spiderpig Jun 2017 #11

That's stupendous! Thanks for thinking of posting it. Seems so long ago, doesn't it? n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2017 #12

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,328 posts)

1. I'm next in line.

Reply to politicat (Original post)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:01 AM

Jun 2017

denbot

(9,899 posts)

2. LoL

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 03:10 AM

Jun 2017

Good luck with that..

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)

6. Username checks out.

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:08 AM

Jun 2017

Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)

3. Very interesting, isn't it? First photo taken from your link.

Reply to politicat (Original post)

Wed Jun 21, 2017, 05:23 AM

Jun 2017

Mohammed bin Salman (L) and Mohammed bin Nayef at the GCC summit in Riyadh, December 9, 2015.

Mohammed bin Salman looks as if he's prepared for Trump's surprise handshake.

Mohammed bin Salman has encased Trump's tiny hand within his own, sidestepping Trump's attempt to jerk him forward
as he does with other people during handshakes. Trump probably also despises him for being wildly more handsome.