While the United States Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) President Trump announces the conclusion of an agreement by which U.s. military contractors will be allowed to sell 110,000,000,000 “dollars” worth of weapons to the Sunni-Salafist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in its war against Yemen, which practices the Shafi’I and Zaydi sects of Islam.
NOTE: As a candidate for president, Trump promised to terminate armament sales to Saudi Arabia, on humanitarian grounds.
[added 2/4/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
US-Saudi Arabia seal weapons deal worth nearly $110 billion as Trump begins visit
www.cnbc.com/2017/05/20/us-saudi-arabia-seal-weapons-deal-worth-nearly-110-billion-as-trump-begins-visit.html
President-Elect Trump: End U.s. Support for Saudi Arabia’s Barbaric War against Yemen | HuffPost
www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-bandow/president-elect-trump-end_b_12911720.html
2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_arms_deal