Posts Tagged: Trump Saudi Arabia
Trump Vetoes Bills Blocking Billions in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
JNS.org - US President Donald Trump vetoed three congressional resolutions on Wednesday that would have blocked billions of dollars in arms sales to countries including...
US Congress Pushing Back at Trump Over Saudi Arms Deals
A US Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for President Donald Trump to avoid congressional review of arms sales,...
Trump’s Saudi Arms Sale Is About Politics and Economics, Not Security
President Trump wants to use his emergency powers to sell billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia on national security grounds. Congress wants...
Trump Discussed Iran, Human Rights With Saudi Crown Prince: White House
US President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by phone on Tuesday, discussing Riyadh's role in Middle East stability, maintaining...
Saudi Arabia and the West’s Right-Wing: A Dubious Alliance
While purporting to be focused on promoting a more tolerant form of Islam, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is instituting reforms that are designed...
Nuclear Energy: Saudi Arabia’s Impending Battle with Washington
Current tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia, and the kingdom’s inability to present a credible and sustainable version of events surrounding the killing of...
US Senate Hands Trump Historic Rebuke on Saudi Arabia
The US Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end US military support for the...
Trump Says Standing by Saudi Crown Prince Despite Pleas From Senate
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabia's crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of...
Trump’s Defense of Saudi Arabia After the Khashoggi Murder Violates Law and Justice
President Donald Trump’s recent affirmation of support for Saudi Arabia, even with incontrovertible evidence of Saudi criminality in the Jamal Khashoggi murder, reflects willful indifference...
US Senate Resolution on Saudi Arabia Could Change Middle East Dynamics
A new, six-page draft US Senate resolution does more than portray Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests, which is striking in and of itself....
Saudi Prince Leaves G-20 Confident and Bolstered After Khashoggi Murder
First there was a high-five from Vladimir Putin. Then, for Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, it was business as usual. At home, Saudi Arabia’s media trumpeted Crown Prince Muhammad bin...
Senate Defied Trump on Saudi Ties, but May Falter In Next Steps
The US Congress will have a difficult time undermining the Trump administration's close ties with Saudi Arabia, despite a Senate vote this week to consider a...
Trump Is Wrong: Embracing Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Help Israel or America
President Donald Trump recently said, "Israel would be in big trouble without Saudi Arabia," indicating that Israel would somehow be forced to "leave" the region if...
Saudi Arabia Pumps Record Amount of Oil as Trump Piles on Pressure
Saudi Arabia raised oil production to an all-time high in November, an industry source said on Monday, as US President Donald Trump piled pressure on...
