ThoughtCrimes
Old Navy Vet
"Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom. Only problem is that there is no deal. It’s fake news.
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." [Emphasis added]
~~ The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news | Brookings Institution ~~
How the Hell can that Orange Liar claim he had CONCLUDED a $110 billion arms deal with the Saudis when some systems' specifications haven't even been defined, specified and recorded in the non-existent contracts which have not been signed. An example are the four frigates which are objects of a 2015 proposal and discussions which are 'derivatives' of USN ships, for which the final design elements have yet to be determined.
"An example is a proposal for sale of four frigates (called multi-mission surface combatant vessels) to the Royal Saudi navy. This proposal was first reported by the State Department in 2015. No contract has followed. The type of frigate is a derivative of a vessel that the U.S. Navy uses but the derivative doesn’t actually exist yet. Another piece is the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense system (THAAD) which was recently deployed in South Korea. The Saudis have expressed interest in the system for several years but no contracts have been finalized. Obama approved the sale in principle at a summit at Camp David in 2015." ~~ Ibid ~~
In words from the article written by Bruce Riedel, is what the Liar-in-Chief actually did and then lied through his teeth about!
"What the Saudis and the administration did is put together a notional package of the Saudi wish list of possible deals and portray that as a deal. Even then the numbers don’t add up. It’s fake news."
~~ Ibid ~~
POTUS is a lying sack of shit, who is a mentally deranged SOB and far without the curve of normalcy. And any of his piss drinkers who will defend this type deviant behavior need to seek help also! The Lying Bastard-in-Chief needs to be expelled from the WH through the most expedient lawful means!
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." [Emphasis added]
~~ The $110 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia is fake news | Brookings Institution ~~
How the Hell can that Orange Liar claim he had CONCLUDED a $110 billion arms deal with the Saudis when some systems' specifications haven't even been defined, specified and recorded in the non-existent contracts which have not been signed. An example are the four frigates which are objects of a 2015 proposal and discussions which are 'derivatives' of USN ships, for which the final design elements have yet to be determined.
"An example is a proposal for sale of four frigates (called multi-mission surface combatant vessels) to the Royal Saudi navy. This proposal was first reported by the State Department in 2015. No contract has followed. The type of frigate is a derivative of a vessel that the U.S. Navy uses but the derivative doesn’t actually exist yet. Another piece is the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense system (THAAD) which was recently deployed in South Korea. The Saudis have expressed interest in the system for several years but no contracts have been finalized. Obama approved the sale in principle at a summit at Camp David in 2015." ~~ Ibid ~~
In words from the article written by Bruce Riedel, is what the Liar-in-Chief actually did and then lied through his teeth about!
"What the Saudis and the administration did is put together a notional package of the Saudi wish list of possible deals and portray that as a deal. Even then the numbers don’t add up. It’s fake news."
~~ Ibid ~~
POTUS is a lying sack of shit, who is a mentally deranged SOB and far without the curve of normalcy. And any of his piss drinkers who will defend this type deviant behavior need to seek help also! The Lying Bastard-in-Chief needs to be expelled from the WH through the most expedient lawful means!
