Current Events > Trump brags about selling US Troops to Saudi Arabia.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-brags-about-serving-up-american-troops-to-saudi-arabia-for-cash-936623/

During President Donald Trumps interview with Fox News Laura Ingraham on Friday, the president spoke about his positive relationship with Saudi Arabia, including how the country is paying to use American troops. Conservative Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), who until recently was a Republican, responded to Trumps remarks in a tweet, saying, He sells troops.

Saudi Arabia is paying us for [our troops]. We have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia, Trump said. I said, listen, youre a very rich country. You want more troops? Im going to send them to you, but youve got to pay us. Theyre paying us. Theyve already deposited $1 billion in the bank.

Trump continued, talking about U.S. troops as, essentially, mercenaries. We are going to help them, but these rich countries have to pay for it. South Korea gave us $500 million I said, You gotta help us along. We have 32,000 soldiers in South Korea protecting you from North Korea. Youve gotta pay.'

Amash has been a vocal critic of the president and voted in favor of impeachment. He has made this criticism of Trump before. On Meet the Press in October, Amash said Trumps use of the troops has broken his campaign promise to bring them home. There are people who support the president, who believe things he says, but its pretty clear hes not bringing home the troops. Hes just moving them to other parts of the Middle East, Amash said.

He added, Hes moving troops back into Iraq, hes moving other troops into Saudi Arabia and using our forces almost as mercenaries, paid mercenaries who are going to come in, as long as Saudi Arabia pays us some money, its good to go.

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Fuck this guy

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Tmaster148 posted...

Saudi Arabia is paying us

How much you wanna bet "us" in this statement is "me" in reality? I mean it's no secret Trump thinks he is America now

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He wouldn't make the deal if he wasn't getting a cut.

America is now Trump University.

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IIRC he did say he was going to make the world pay their fair share for Americas help when he was running for president. It sounded like a pretty good idea at the time, idk but the way he said it now sounds wrong.

So we're still friends with Saudi Arabia despite the multiple acts of terrorism that we've experienced from some of their citizens?

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Imagine selling/renting troops to the country which caused 9/11.

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As if this hadnt already been going on for decades.

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Guessing he thinks everybody else in the US is as fixated on their worship of money as he is.

Or perhaps he's just an ignorant braggart.

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$1 billion probably doesnt even cover the cost of the troops being there.

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Bump

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Trump made our troops into mercenaries
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Bluebomber182 posted...

Trump made our troops into mercenaries

They have been for the last 50 years, it's just more blatantly obvious now.

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It isnt cheap to hire troops.

Sign up to protect our freedom... or to be mercenaries for Saudi Arabia, whichever

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People always think it's Trump. His chief of staff comes up with the ideas. He just has to okay them. All the idea crap he says he comes up with or says he's doing is just a lie. He is a world renowned lier, but president's usually are.

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They've deposited $1 billion into what bank, exactly?

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Chicken posted...

As if this hadnt already been going on for decades.

This, Trump is just a dumbass being so open about
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