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"The full arms sale, of over $20 billion, was notified in November 2016. This means it had already been authorized by congress and the executive branch, when President Obama was in office, before the Trump administration came into office. Eventually, Qatar is set to receive 36 American-made F15s."
And?
If Qatar is such a threat, seems that this would have been the perfect time for 45 to whip out his executive pen.
So you read the first paragraph and came to the conclusion this is a President Trump deal? You should be embarrassed for not reading, let alone knowing who really made the deal and what President Trump has said about it.
From my reading of the linked article, I must ask: Why couldn't President Trump simply cancel the deal? Couldn't he have cited 'national security concerns' or such? At the least, he could have delayed the deal. Even of the President cancelled it, it is hardly like Qatar would 'sue' the United States.
Plus, the articles mentioned:
"Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah and his U.S. counterpart, Jim Mattis, completed the $12 billion agreement on Wednesday in Washington, according to the Pentagon."
Not to mention: if 45 can take credit for a coal mine opening that was planned during the last administration, why shouldn't he get the "blame" for signing off on a deal with a country that he touts as an enemy?
Personally, I suspect that he forgot that he called them agents of terror because dollar signs.
CBS News 3 hrs ago
WASHINGTON -- While President Trump berates Qatar for sponsoring terrorism at the highest levels, he is simultaneously authorizing the country to purchase over $21 billion of U.S. weapons.
One part of the deal was inked on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., when Qatar's Defense Minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis. Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of arms days after accusing it of funding terrorism
Just another example of the POS being a TWO-FACED-BACK-STABBER!
Why no tweet about this?
> 10,000 US troops in Qatar.
Guess all is forgiven so long as they buy " Made in the USA"
"The full arms sale, of over $20 billion, was notified in November 2016. This means it had already been authorized by congress and the executive branch, when President Obama was in office, before the Trump administration came into office. Eventually, Qatar is set to receive 36 American-made F15s."
Trump Admin could have put the kabosh on it, given Trump believed they fund terrorism at the highest level.
Qatar is where the headquarters of the United States Central Command, which manages all military operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Our planes for the US-led fight against ISIS operates out of Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base. All in all, there are around 11,000 US military personnel in the country.......again what do you want to happen?
What I want to happen? Hmmm, tough one. How about a Chief Executive that takes those points into consideration before he goes on to call Qatar a hotbed of terrorism? It's no secret that the Saudis dislike Qatar a whole lot, mostly because Qatar has the nerve to kinda like Iran, and the Saudis absolutely hate the Iranians. (Also, Saudi Arabia has some religious dither with them, but they have that with everybody.)
All in all a situation that calls for delicate diplomatic touch. And so we get Trump visiting Saudi and immediately promoting the official Saudi line, because he's a weak-minded individual who'll agree with the last person he spoke to, as long as his ego is stroked.
From my reading of the linked article, I must ask: Why couldn't President Trump simply cancel the deal? Couldn't he have cited 'national security concerns' or such? At the least, he could have delayed the deal. Even of the President cancelled it, it is hardly like Qatar would 'sue' the United States.
Plus, the articles mentioned:
"Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah and his U.S. counterpart, Jim Mattis, completed the $12 billion agreement on Wednesday in Washington, according to the Pentagon."
" Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of arms days after accusing it of funding terrorism "
Another big fat LIE, this happened under the Obama administration.
Who signed the deal?
"The US has signed a $12bn deal to supply dozens of F-15 jets to Qatar, despite recent high-profile claims by President Donald Trump alleging Qatar’s “high-level funding” of terrorism.
The signing of the deal on Wednesday is the latest twist in the highly contradictory US diplomacy over the crisis around Qatar – now in its second week – with the emirate targeted by a Saudi-led embargo."
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