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"...Trump administration secretly approved the transfer of nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia..." (Original Post) Skidmore Jan 2020 OP
Yep . . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #1
Ah yes, the very best concrete! Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #34
Another Impeachable offense? FirstLight Jan 2020 #2
It just seems so wrong that we've limited it all to just Ukraine. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #18
Oh, they will. They are. They have been. KPN Jan 2020 #36
The GOP hates Americans. This is evil and insane. bronxiteforever Jan 2020 #3
They love money. Above everything else except KPN Jan 2020 #35
They really don't give a damn about their kids either. Stonepounder Jan 2020 #43
My theory is they expect their children to be KPN Jan 2020 #44
mother spanone Jan 2020 #4
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2020 #5
Traitor for sale or rent. blm Jan 2020 #6
That's good! Duppers Jan 2020 #8
Roger Miller infullview Jan 2020 #19
In that case, he likely meant it like he said it! Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #49
Yup, good one, blm...Here's the rest of that earworm - thanks a lot Backseat Driver Jan 2020 #48
✔️✔️✔️ blm Jan 2020 #53
What's the problem? democrank Jan 2020 #7
The best way to conduct secret negotiations - daughter's hubby erronis Jan 2020 #41
What a sad bunch of twats this administration is. ramen Jan 2020 #9
It is ... or maybe I should say was, used to be. KPN Jan 2020 #37
The implications of this are staggering... ewagner Jan 2020 #10
Sunni domination would likely result in more ISIS groups. Lonestarblue Jan 2020 #13
ISIS is Wahabbism just like the House of Saud JonLP24 Jan 2020 #20
and Wahabbism had greatly diminished... Locrian Jan 2020 #30
Weren't wahabbis responsible for 9/11? joost5 Jan 2020 #31
Correct JonLP24 Jan 2020 #42
Isis is Sunni not Shiite karynnj Jan 2020 #21
ISIS is more wahabbi than Sunni JonLP24 Jan 2020 #22
Yup. 666 for sure. KPN Jan 2020 #38
He wanted to arm Japan with nukes, too. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #11
I'd trust Japan before SA. rickyhall Jan 2020 #29
The repugs seem to be vastly increasing the # of nuclear state actors. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #54
Holy shit zaj Jan 2020 #12
sold? where is the money? getagrip_already Jan 2020 #14
Ask Jared Kushner rurallib Jan 2020 #23
THIS. KPN Jan 2020 #39
He and his cabal think they are above the law. gademocrat7 Jan 2020 #15
For good reason. Maybe they are. We'll soon find out. KPN Jan 2020 #40
we knew there was a reason he had to be killed, and killed mopinko Jan 2020 #16
Wow! kentuck Jan 2020 #17
He sold it to them. How much? Or was it to wipe away current debt? Buckeyeblue Jan 2020 #24
He's also rented out our military to them. Skidmore Jan 2020 #28
He is so dumb he doesn't know how dangerous that is. Mickju Jan 2020 #25
Multiplier affect leads us closer to the brink JCMach1 Jan 2020 #26
I am completely dumbfounded NJCher Jan 2020 #27
The Saudi-Arabia that is committing war-crimes in Yemen? DetlefK Jan 2020 #32
Tweet should have read: "THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECRETLY APPROVED THE wiggs Jan 2020 #33
Insane. nt crickets Jan 2020 #45
... also to Russia, N Korea and anyone else that would pay Trump for the nuke secrets uponit7771 Jan 2020 #46
What could possibly go wrong moondust Jan 2020 #47
I'm thinking this could be linked into the impeachment trial Bayard Jan 2020 #50
Next time the hijackers will have a device. Historic NY Jan 2020 #51
Trump/Kushner sold it. Everything is transactional with them. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #52

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
3. The GOP hates Americans. This is evil and insane.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jan 2020

They would applaud Orange Nero urinating into the World Trade Center Memorial fountain.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
35. They love money. Above everything else except
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jan 2020

perhaps their own lives and maybe those of their children, their loved ones. But only those.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
43. They really don't give a damn about their kids either.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:58 AM
Jan 2020

If they did they would do something about global warming. The food chain is already dying out and we have less than 10 years to before most climate scientists figure we will pass the point of no return and what do Trump and the GOP do? Allow MORE greenhouse gases to be dumped into the atmosphere.

The GOP only cares about themselves.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
44. My theory is they expect their children to be
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jan 2020

among the survivors based on the wealth they have amassed and will bestow upon them. They view it as survival of the fittest.

Until we realize and understand that, we will only stall them. We can’t win until we see them destroyed. Will American voters do that in 2020? Will the American people do that ever? I don’t know.

infullview

(981 posts)
19. Roger Miller
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:29 AM
Jan 2020

would probably have been a Trumper. One thing that always bothers me when I hear this song, B-a-n-g-o-r is not pronounced "Bang-her" it's Ban-gor with equal emphasis on both syllables.

Backseat Driver

(4,393 posts)
49. In that case, he likely meant it like he said it!
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:37 PM
Jan 2020

There's a lot of those American enunciation/pronunciation problems around the country. For example: Pardon my French but in Ohio it's not Belle Fon Tayne; it's Belle Fountain; not Rush-a; it's Roosch-a; not Lee-Ma, Lie-Ma...

Backseat Driver

(4,393 posts)
48. Yup, good one, blm...Here's the rest of that earworm - thanks a lot
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:27 PM
Jan 2020

Traitor for sale or rent
Step right up and place your bet
Unsecured phone; my pet
Shrug - Now to pay my Russian debt?

Oh but...Two hours of rally time
Spins/projects the details of my crime

You know...I'm a man of means, and I'm always
King of the Road

Tunnel headlight; midnight train
Destination: Collin's Maine
Cumberbunds and bone-spurred shoes
Never paid old Hoffa's dues.

I "smoke" old fogies I have found.
Plans f' Mitch on Fifth, and Devin cowed.
Four more years of Truth Unbound, then
After that, I'll just stick around.

(Best damn bridge evah, here)
Oh....
I know all the thugs on every train
And so many base fans to flush down the drain.
There's potential for gold mines in every town
See! I call it fair game, er..gain, while all are around.

I say...(repeat from top)

ramen

(790 posts)
9. What a sad bunch of twats this administration is.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:07 AM
Jan 2020

Someone tell me this is illegal enough to roll some heads..

KPN

(15,646 posts)
37. It is ... or maybe I should say was, used to be.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:36 AM
Jan 2020

We’re so screwed. Will we be able to put toothpaste back into the tube? I wonder.

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
10. The implications of this are staggering...
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:09 AM
Jan 2020

If the Saudis use the nuclear technology to develop their own nuclear weapons, ...while we are denying their sworn enemy, Iran, the same capability...and...while Israel silently sits on top of their own nuclear capability which we have turned a blind eye to, then we have set the stage for:

1. A nuclear bullying of all Arab States by the Saudis to insure Sunni domination and control over more oil resources.
2. After submission of Iran and all other Shiite nations guerilla warfare/ terrorism will be institutionalized in the region.
3. Russia will conduct a "pincer movement" both militarily and diplomatically to squeeze the middle east into the Russian-Saudi sphere.
4. Saudi domination will eventually turn on Israel yielding the possibility of a nuclear confrontation

In the meantime.....

Jared gets his 666 Building* bailed out and a financier for other projects.

*666...mark if the beast? How appropriate!

Lonestarblue

(10,013 posts)
13. Sunni domination would likely result in more ISIS groups.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:24 AM
Jan 2020

ISIS is Shite, not Sunni. Osama bin Laden was Sunni. Saudi Arabia has been exporting Sunni jihadis for years because they support the extremist Wahabism version of Islam. Giving them access to nuclear technology is the same as giving them weapons to attack US and other countries’ citizens around the world.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
20. ISIS is Wahabbism just like the House of Saud
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:35 AM
Jan 2020

Shia Iran blacked militias fought ISIS which recruited in Sunni areas of Iraq & Syria.

Wahabbism is a sect of Sunni Islam but it has only been around since the 18th century and cultivated by the British in the beginning.

Al Qaeda & ISIS as well as Boko Haram are wahabbi.

I don't mind Sunni Islam at all just the wahabbi sect.

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
30. and Wahabbism had greatly diminished...
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:02 AM
Jan 2020

until it was re-hydrated by the US to fight the godless commies in Afganistan

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
42. Correct
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:56 AM
Jan 2020

Al Qaeda.

The sect was started by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who made a pact with Pact with Muhammad bin Saud (First line in the Saudi dynasty)

-----------

This oasis is yours, do not fear your enemies. By the name of God, if all Nejd was summoned to throw you out, we will never agree to expel you.

—?Madawi al-Rasheed, A History of Saudi Arabia: 16
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab replied:

You are the settlement's chief and wise man. I want you to grant me an oath that you will perform jihad against the unbelievers. In return you will be imam, leader of the Muslim community and I will be leader in religious matters.

—?Madawi al-Rasheed, A History of Saudi Arabia: 16

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
22. ISIS is more wahabbi than Sunni
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:36 AM
Jan 2020

Wahabbism is technically a sect of Sunni Islam and they hate Shiites but they are so far off the mainstream.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
54. The repugs seem to be vastly increasing the # of nuclear state actors.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 07:26 PM
Jan 2020

I count 4 more, at least.

I forget why they got so mad at Ethel Rosenberg.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
40. For good reason. Maybe they are. We'll soon find out.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jan 2020

And then we’ll find out again in November.

Mickju

(1,803 posts)
25. He is so dumb he doesn't know how dangerous that is.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:48 AM
Jan 2020

He is so stupid he actually doesn't know very much at all about anything.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
26. Multiplier affect leads us closer to the brink
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:50 AM
Jan 2020

We really want to add KSA, Iran, Pakistan, India, Cina and Israel in the MENA region?

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
27. I am completely dumbfounded
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 10:55 AM
Jan 2020

wouldn't you think that the scientists or nuclear administration people who manage this program would say something? What about a whistle blower from their ranks?

on edit: if you google this "trump sold nuclear technology saudis" and keep an eye on the dates, you will see more to this story since the one cited in the OP has a paywall. You will see the Dems tried to block it in the spring and that one of Trump's insiders started on this project a long time ago.

Why is every day a gut punch with this a@$#hole? Get rid of him already.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
32. The Saudi-Arabia that is committing war-crimes in Yemen?
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:18 AM
Jan 2020

The Saudi-Arabia that is stealing farmers land in Africa?

The Saudi-Arabia that protects Qatar, sponsor of ISIS?

The Saudi-Arabia where the extremist version of Islam of ISIS was originally invented?

The Saudi-Arabia next door to a collapsing ISIS and run by a dictatorship that symbolizes everything ISIS hates?

wiggs

(7,814 posts)
33. Tweet should have read: "THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECRETLY APPROVED THE
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jan 2020

TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO SAUDI ARABIA!!!"

...all caps with exclamation points. Bold and in red would have been appropriate too.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
46. ... also to Russia, N Korea and anyone else that would pay Trump for the nuke secrets
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jan 2020

... cause that's how "Benedict" Donald J Trump rolls.

Bayard

(22,100 posts)
50. I'm thinking this could be linked into the impeachment trial
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jan 2020

When Dems are talking about tRump endangering national security.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
52. Trump/Kushner sold it. Everything is transactional with them.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 02:27 PM
Jan 2020

There's reporting of the loading of a billion dollars onto a yacht in the dark of night. Was it the payoff for the nukes?

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