Eric Trump offers deceptive excuse for his family's lucrative dealings with Saudi Arabia

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Eric Trump offers deceptive excuse for his family’s lucrative dealings with Saudi Arabia
Follow the money.
Aaron Rupar
Oct 18, 2018, 11:48 am


Eric Trump and Fox News teamed up on Thursday to gaslight the public about the president’s financial stake in maintaining good relations with Saudi Arabia.

During an interview on Fox & Friends, Eric Trump tried to counter suspicions that his father’s soft response to the apparent murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of the Saudi regime stems from his family’s business relationships with Saudi Arabia.

“There’s zero investments in Saudi — we have absolutely nothing to do with [that country],” Trump said.

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But the Trump family’s financial stake in Saudi Arabia isn’t about investments in the country. Instead, it’s about investments Saudis have made in Trump properties.

As NBC details, in 2001, the Saudi government bought an entire floor in Trump World Tower for $4.5 million. Years before that, Trump sold a yacht to a Saudi prince for $20 million.

More recently, as the Washington Post reported in August, the Saudi regime has been pumping money directly into Trump’s pockets through his hotels.

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https://thinkprogress.org/eric-trump-saudi-arabia-khashoggi-fox-friends-6134edaff499/

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