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spanone

(135,855 posts)
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 09:50 PM Feb 2019

Trump inaugural chief asked about Khashoggi murder, jokes and then defends Saudis

WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE???????

Washington (CNN)Tom Barrack, a key donor and friend of President Donald Trump attempted to justify the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi Tuesday, arguing that the US does not have the moral authority to criticize Saudi Arabia due to its own record of "atrocities."

When asked whether Khashoggi's murder has damaged Saudi Arabia's reputation on the world stage, Barrack began his answer with a joke before attributing public outrage over the killing in the US to a Western misunderstanding of the Saudi rule of law.

"As long as you don't make me a guest at the Ritz," Barrack quipped, before moving into his response to a question from CNN's Becky Anderson at the Milken Institute MENA Summit in Abu Dhabi.

"I believe that the problem with what's happened with the Khashoggi incident is the same problems of the West misunderstanding the East that's existed since Sykes--Picot. So the West is confused that the rule of law -- doesn't understand what the rule of law is in the Kingdom," he added.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/tom-barrack-trump-donor-khashoggi/index.html
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Trump inaugural chief asked about Khashoggi murder, jokes and then defends Saudis (Original Post) spanone Feb 2019 OP
Oh, we fucking understand what the rule of law is in the "kingdom" maxrandb Feb 2019 #1
This is one of trump's Rocky888 Feb 2019 #2

maxrandb

(15,344 posts)
1. Oh, we fucking understand what the rule of law is in the "kingdom"
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:14 PM
Feb 2019

We'd just appreciate it if you fucksticks didn't try to implement it here.

I swear to fucking God... I'm not going to accept anything less than a shitload of these Retrumplican pricks going to Federal fucking prison.

This is as fucked up as a soup sandwich.

Rocky888

(297 posts)
2. This is one of trump's
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 10:15 PM
Feb 2019

‘Executive time” phone porn partner getting theirselves “off” while discussing how they helped take care of their Khashoggi problem without getting dirty.

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