Mnuchin cancels plans to attend Saudi Arabia conference
reasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he has decided against attending a conference in Saudi Arabia this month, amid the uproar over the the presumed death of activist Jamal Khashoggi.
“Just met with @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo and we have decided, I will not be participating in the Future Investment Initiative summit in Saudi Arabia,” Mnuchin tweeted.
This is costing them a lot of money. Just read they were having all these countries in to discuss investments in diversifying the Arabian economy and creating a new ultramodern city in the desert. Nothing about this makes sense. There are only two scenarios I can think of:
1) There is a grand spy story behind it, all classified, never going to see the light of day or...
2) This is an attack by the Erdogan gang to give US a black eye for forcing us to release the pastor and on the Saudis because they don’t want reformed Wahhabism.
This is costing them a lot of money. Just read they were having all these countries in to discuss investments in diversifying the Arabian economy and creating a new ultramodern city in the desert. Nothing about this makes sense. There are only two scenarios I can think of:
1) There is a grand spy story behind it, all classified, never going to see the light of day or...
2) This is an attack by the Erdogan gang to give US a black eye for forcing us to release the pastor and on the Saudis because they don’t want reformed Wahhabism.