Posted on 12/11/2015 6:29:46 PM PST by markomalley
A Saudi royal is calling for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to end his campaign.
“@RealDonaldTrump, you are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America,” Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal tweeted Friday. "Withdraw from the U.S. presidential race as you will never win.”
Bin Talal’s request follows Trump’s controversial call for a ban on admitting Muslims into the U.S. Trump has repeatedly defended the measure as necessary to prevent radical Islamic terrorism on American soil.
Forbes reported last June that Bin Talal is Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest billionaire, boasting a $24 billion personal fortune. He ranks No. 34 out of the world’s 100 richest individuals overall.
The self-made investor is primarily known for his role as the CEO of Kingdom Holding Company, Forbes said, adding that Bin Talal also has extensive stock holdings in Twitter, Citigroup and Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.
Bin Talal’s criticism of Trump is not the first time the prince has entered American political life. He also drew the ire of then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York.
New York City rejected a $10 million aid check from Bin Talal in October 2001 over the Saudi’s controversial remarks on Palestine, according to the BBC.
“I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause,” he said at the time. "Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered by the Israelis while the world turns the other check.”
Giuliani returned Bin Talal’s donation, the BBC said, calling the royal’s remarks “highly irresponsible and very, very dangerous.”
Bin Talal is not the only prominent world figure who has rejected Trump’s remarks on Islam. Leaders in Israel and the United Kingdom have also voiced displeasure with the businessman’s proposal.
Trump nonetheless remains popular with likely GOP presidential primary voters. He currently has a nearly 15-point lead on the other Republican White House hopefuls.
Trump has all the right enemies.
I wonder how much he's donated to the Clinton campaign fund.
....and don’t neglect your sheep.
Hey, Ali Baba STFU and mind your own business!!
Trump real does have all the right enemies...
Saudi Arabia—the nexus of all terrorism, and a breeding ground for whackjob terrorists.
We are so done with being your Janissaries.
If we come, we’re taking the oil and everything else as well.
Hope you learned how to drive camels.
+1,000
“I don’t why Freepers keep stating this falsehood (re: nuclear option).”
Why not.....These ragheads can’t figure out how to wipe their ass properly much less get oil out of the ground.
Send them back to the stone age and take the oil before Putin steals it.
Ya beat me by 8 minutes LOL.
Maybe he could tell his relatives to stop raping people.
I knew this was going to be a Herculean task to save this country without violence.
Trump is pimp-slapping these gorons so badly maybe he is up for the task. I'm hoping......
This guy probably funded 9/11.
And when will the Saudis allow freedom of religion for non-Muslims?
No doubt. This has been a real learning curve. All of the peoples we thought were nuts,..........really are! Especially the fruitcake in the White House.
I believe so...
In my ever so humble opinion, we should nuke Mecca and Medina.
Damn, No endorsement from the WTC bombers?
What is wrong with the world?
That is never happening, even under a Trump administration.
9/12 was the time for that. Russia should’ve after Beslan if we wouldn’t. Sooner or later someone will do it. Odds are as good as it’ll be another islamic country as a Western one.
He owned about 7% of it at one time...more recently he’s been selling it off :
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