Or course, if Zero had been actually competent, and actually doing anything but servicing the needs of Iran and its proxies (all of which are our enemies), the crisis wouldn't have built to this point. :^)
Obama had eight years.
Trump has had 10 months.
I rest my case.
Things are about to become very, very interesting over there.
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DJT had little to do with the Crown Prince’s ‘modernization’ push.
Rather, it was the result of the Saudi’s losing control of the oil market under OPEC. They lost the contest when they failed to break US fracking market - they pumped less oil to drive the price up and force the frackers to shut down, but the frackers pumped more oil instead. At the point the Saudi’s learned the US has more oil they they do by at least 50 years. A contest they could not win.
So to remain a viable country and maintain their rule, something had to change - drastically. They needed more money for a complete nationwide overhaul to bring KSA into the 21st century. Thus, the round up and confiscation of $800B from royals as well as ending financial support for radical Sunnis in places like Syria and Iraq.
DJT’s trip to the KSA was rather to tell him what was going on and get his approval, of something which was already in the works.
Or course, if Zero had been actually competent, and actually doing anything but servicing the needs of Iran and its proxies (all of which are our enemies), the crisis wouldn't have built to this point. :^)