MBS is now using the kingdom’s vast wealth to punish his critics and enemies, both in his bare-knuckled diplomacy and on the battlefield in Yemen, where he’s waging war against Iranian proxies.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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“Human rights and values have never been the cement in this relationship,” says Chas Freeman, a former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. “From the outset, it has always been driven by national interests—both ours and theirs.”https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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On only two occasions in their 73-year relationship have American presidents persuaded Saudi monarchs to improve the kingdom’s human rights performance, says former CIA Middle East analyst Bruce Riedel.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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Trump has more than met the U.S. practice of not commenting publicly on Saudi human practices. Arriving in Riyadh in May 2017, he became the first U.S. leader to declare publicly that human rights were off his diplomatic agenda.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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“Every American president since FDR has put oil and strategic affairs before human rights when dealing with Saudi kings in fear of a disruption in the bilateral relationship. Trump has taken this abrogation of accountability to a new level of negligence.”https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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The House of Saud and the House of Trump have forged close relations over the past three years. They began with the personal friendship between MBS and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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Trump has been silent on the extra-judicial anti-corruption drive, in which MBS locked up hundreds of wealthy Saudi businessmen in Riyadh’s luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel until they handed over a reported $100 billion of their assets.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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The Saudi airstrikes that routinely kill civilians and children in Yemen have drawn global condemnations that now include critics accusing the U.S. of complicity, thanks to the weapons and midair refueling America provides the Saudi-led coalition.https://www.newsweek.com/2018/09/07/donald-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-need-each-other-1096324.html …
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GREED!
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Because you are great
, everyone talk about you 





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Yes , he is






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Because one has need money and another (the other one needs ammunition) that's all! Both are business partners, that's why and clear cut
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