permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Not sure what your point is.. trump himself told the world about his phone call.. you point out republicans proposed the withdrawal of military aid..

ttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump-saudi-specialreport/special-report-trump-told-saudi-cut-oil-supply-or-lose-u-s-military-support-sources-idUSKBN22C1V4

In an April 2 phone call, Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that unless the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) started cutting oil production, he would be powerless to stop lawmakers from passing legislation to withdraw U.S. troops from the kingdom, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The threat to upend a 75-year strategic alliance, which has not been previously reported, was central to the U.S. pressure campaign that led to a landmark global deal to slash oil supply as demand collapsed in the coronavirus pandemic

A senior U.S. official told Reuters that the administration notified Saudi leaders that, without production cuts, “there would be no way to stop the U.S. Congress from imposing restrictions that could lead to a withdrawal of U.S. forces.” The official summed up the argument, made through various diplomatic channels, as telling Saudi leaders: “We are defending your industry while you’re destroying ours.”

Reuters asked Trump about the talks in an interview Wednesday evening at the White House, at which the president addressed a range of topics involving the pandemic. Asked if he told the crown prince that the U.S. might pull forces out of Saudi Arabia, Trump said, “I didn’t have to tell him.”

Asked what he told the Crown Prince Mohammed, Trump said: “They were having a hard time making a deal. And I met telephonically with him, and we were able to reach a deal” for production cuts, Trump said.


The week before Trump’s phone call with Crown Prince Mohammed, U.S. Republican Senators Kevin Cramer and Dan Sullivan had introduced legislation to remove all U.S. troops, Patriot missiles and anti-missile defense systems from the kingdom unless Saudi Arabia cut oil output. Support for the measure was gaining momentum amid Congressional anger over the ill-timed Saudi-Russia oil price war. The kingdom had opened up the taps in April, unleashing a flood of crude into the global supply after Russia refused to deepen production cuts in line with an earlier OPEC supply pact.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

You only keep repeating the dumbest things.. what are you, retarded.. you simple minded POS..

What do you consider substantive proof??

JoyV

You say authoritarian. Show where he forced his will on any state governor or instituted any mandates outside of his constitutional authority. In fact he reduced government. Which was one of the things he was criticized for. Reduction of government does not lead to authoritarian rule. It is the opposite.

Constitutional conservatives champion the constitutional rights of all regardless of if we agree with their ideology or not. We don't say we want freedom of speech except if that speech ____ (is disinformation, is offensive to some, goes against what is politically correct, is racist, is hate speech, etc.) Freedom of speech, period.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

LOL, do you send a lot of your money to help trump fight the law.. you know he has none of his own.. he told you that so it must be true... LORDY...

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

What the hell are all of you trump fools brain dead or do you just play the game.. how gd stupid can a group of people be?? damn.. you kind as a group will destroy our nation if it is the last thing you do.. damned if you want anything American to be for other people.. what a low bunch of pond scum..

JoyV

Trump said the enemy of the people. Not the enemy of the state. Only those who support authoritarian rule conflate the two.

Now what fascists and communists do is encourage people to trust the news while they take control of it. No fascist leader would tell people to mistrust the news of their own country. But rather they would tell them to disbelieve any news from outside the official channels which disagreed with what the accepted news told them. Encouraging people to be skeptical of what someone tells them is the opposite of authoritarianism.

American Vet

And again you are unable to refute the content so you rant like the child you mentally are.

Come on, Corn Pop - prove the post wrong.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Just to point out, I have never seen even one remark for the orange troops willing to let anyone not just like them have a share of the American way..

This little single example of the selfish crap you scum sucking pigs who love trump and want him back for more destruction .. you useless pile of pond scum..

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/trump-governors-coronavirus-medical-supplies-137658

CORONAVIRUS

‘We’re not a shipping clerk’: Trump tells governors to step up efforts to get medical supplies
The president’s remarks amounted to a rebuke of governors’ recent pleas for greater federal intervention.

President Donald Trump on Thursday put the onus on governors to obtain the critical equipment their states need to fight the coronavirus pandemic, telling reporters that the federal government is “not a shipping clerk” for the potentially life-saving supplies.

The president’s remarks amounted to a rebuke of governors’ recent pleas for more robust federal intervention amid the rapidly spreading outbreak, which they warn will soon overwhelm local health care systems if hospital beds, face masks and other necessities are not soon furnished in significantly greater numbers.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

You silly MF.. the proof has been posted time and again. Are so dumb you can not read or is it truly something else you want to see?

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

I bet your boat to North Korea is getting read to lift anchor.. You better get moving..

BIRDMAN

Let’s go Brandon

4430 Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory

What President had his competitor indited and done everything his DOJ and FBI could do to make sure Trump couldn't run in 2024 !

Every left called Trump a wannabe dictator as it turns out Ole Joe and his pals are more than a wannabe dictator He's acting like one all the time in everything he does .

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

I've got one....firmly on reality. You should give it a try.

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

Nothing like a tiny little amount of tepid 'growth' to help control inflation. Congrats to President Obama.

RandyBrian Loc: Texas

No, Perm. The deal with OPEC ended the rapidly FALLING prices on oil, which was falling below the cost of producing, and saved many companies, including American ones, from going bankrupt due to a glut of product. The glut was temporary, but bankruptcy of companies would have been a permanent loss of skills and manpower. I remain unconvinced that it was be best move, but the reasons for it were valid. YOUR remarks are false.