Trump's toadyism to Saudi Arabia: a new moral low

[DonViejo]

Richard Wolffe
@richardwolffedc

Tue 25 Jun 2019 07.30 EDT

The Saudis are good customers, Trump says – which evidently outweighs the fact they murdered and carved up a Washington Post journalist

It’s that time of a presidency when every incumbent pretends to be what he isn’t, or to do what he hasn’t. With a re-election year kicking off, everyone wants to know if the candidate can fill in the gaping holes in his record, to give voters some reason to hope or believe.

In the case of Donald Trump, that means trying to look like something he hasn’t been for the last two and a half years: presidential, sane, and worthy of the world’s respect. Just for once.

So there are the TV interviews with networks other than Fox News, including the one with ABC News where he was supposed to look normal but ended up saying he’d accept more Russian dirt in the upcoming election. If only to see if it was any good. Totally presidential.

There was the decisive moment when he turned the jets around as they were about to bomb Iran: an act of leadership that overruled his hawkish aides, as well as his earlier decision to, um, bomb Iran. Totally commander-in-chief.

And then there was the interview with NBC News, where he readily admitted that he puts a higher value on arms deals with Saudi Arabia than on American values like democracy and human rights. Totally making America great again.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/25/trump-saudi-arabia-toadyism-richard-wolffe

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I thought that the Bush family and Prince Bandor bin Sultan couldn't be any closer.

It was said that you couldn't get a credit card between them.

Donald Trump has taken the relationship to a whole new level.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. He's right - "Take Their Money" sums Trump up in 3 words

He either accepts money from evil people who want something in return, or he steals people's money when he can.