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Trump Would Consider Halting U.S. Oil Purchases From Saudis: NYT
OANN ^ | March 26, 2016

Posted on 03/26/2016 4:36:39 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told the New York Times he would consider stopping U.S. oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless the Saudi government provide troops to fight Islamic State.

Trump’s comment on Friday was included in a lengthy foreign policy interview published by the newspaper on Saturday and came in response to a question about whether, if elected president, he would halt oil purchases from U.S. allies unless they provided on-the-ground forces against Islamic State.

“The answer is, probably yes,” Trump said, according to a transcript.

Trump has said the United States should be reimbursed by the countries it provides protection, even those with vast resources such as Saudi Arabia, a top oil exporter.

“And yet, without us, Saudi Arabia wouldn’t exist for very long,” Trump told the Times.

“… We’re not being reimbursed for the kind of tremendous service that we’re performing by protecting various countries. Now Saudi Arabia’s one of them.”

Trump also named in the interview retired Major General Gary Harrell, Major General Bert Mizusawa and retired Rear Admiral Charles Kubic as additional foreign policy advisors to the five named earlier this week who were criticized as obscure.

Trump has faced questions about his reluctance to reveal who was advising his campaign. He told the Times he was willing to rethink traditional U.S. alliances should he become president.

(Excerpt) Read more at oann.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; barrybennett; chrisjansing; election2016; energy; hydrocarbons; msnbc; newyork; opec; petroleum; saudiarabia; trump
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To: Hojczyk
"Consider it."

Well played.

Mr. niteowl77

21 posted on 03/26/2016 4:52:06 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Hojczyk

Another great move by Trump!


22 posted on 03/26/2016 4:52:38 PM PDT by FranklinsTower
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To: Leaning Right

He’s acting more thoughtfully presidential than anyone.


23 posted on 03/26/2016 4:53:18 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: dp0622

“Have we ever had a comparatively rich president, if he were to get elected?”

George Washington.
Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison.
Andrew Jackson.
Teddy Roosevelt.
Herbert Hoover.
Franklin Roosevelt.
Jack Kennedy.


24 posted on 03/26/2016 4:53:54 PM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: Hojczyk

‘Bout time we did this.


25 posted on 03/26/2016 4:54:12 PM PDT by JPJones
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To: Travis McGee

What is a PTB?


26 posted on 03/26/2016 4:54:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
Great idea. Just what we need - higher gas prices. That’ll show ‘em! /sarc

If Trump can break up the monopolies in the US, that'll drastically lower prices due to old fashioned competition...Something we haven't seen in ages...

27 posted on 03/26/2016 4:54:40 PM PDT by Iscool (Trump will Triumph)
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To: Hojczyk
I thought that it had been shown on FR in the past that there is no way to effectively do that because unless every other country stopped purchases of Saudi oil it would still end up in the world market and in American purchases.

And what would Trump do about oil the Refineries that the Saudis own, nationalize them? I am all for holding the Saudis accountable, but is this just more attractive talk from Trump that really hasn't a chance in reality?

28 posted on 03/26/2016 4:55:14 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: tcrlaf

How about those “boutique blends” that bubba jeff came up with? Are those still around, if so, those should be dumped as well. W should have done that among a ton of other things.


29 posted on 03/26/2016 4:55:21 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: fhayek

We have more oil under our feet than they do. Screw ‘em.


30 posted on 03/26/2016 4:55:34 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Pelham

Jackson, Hoover, Madison, Jefferson, ESPECIALLY Jackson, I had no clue.

how do you guys know this stuff off of the top of your head?!


31 posted on 03/26/2016 4:55:41 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: McGruff
American Strong, America honoring foreign policy

VOTE TRUMP ! !

32 posted on 03/26/2016 4:56:12 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Hojczyk

About FREAKIN’ TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


33 posted on 03/26/2016 4:56:23 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Hojczyk
We've got a lot of sweet shale oil in this country, so why are buying oil from our enemies? Put American oil producers, American royalty owners and their American workers back to work, help spin-off American business that depend on them. Just buy enough from the bedouins to keep gas prices affordable. Jeb Bush photo: bush Birdsofthefeather.jpg GoTrump
34 posted on 03/26/2016 4:57:01 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: fhayek

I noticed that gas prices went up 35 cents a gallon because of Saudi manipulation killing off the Fracking oil producers.

We need a President who will sign Keystone, Drill off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, back producing Clean Coal, Drill in Anwar, allow nuclear power like Europe does. Generate enough energy to make USA involvement in foreign and middle east problems a thing of the past.

We need to rebuild America , bring our companies overseas cash back home, bring manufacturing back with cheap energy.

Why all the bases all over the world almost 70 years after WWII ? And 30 years after the Berlin wall came down?

Trump is right we need to prune our foreign structure and rethink alliances. Begin with Turkey, they are bombing the Kurd not ISIS.

No more money for Abbas since he is part of Hamas. And all those EU country’s bent on destroy Israel like Sweden we need to boycott them like they boycott Israel. Israel isn’t the enemy, the Muzzies are. Israelis are not terrorists, in Sweden the rapists are Muzzies not Jews.


35 posted on 03/26/2016 4:57:06 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: Cobra64
He’s acting more thoughtfully presidential than anyone.

Yep. And that's because everyone else talks like a lawyer. Trump talks like most Americans think.

36 posted on 03/26/2016 4:57:13 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: tcrlaf

No need. We are self sustaining with our own crude.


37 posted on 03/26/2016 4:57:39 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

I think he just thinks like the common man, which is what I like.


38 posted on 03/26/2016 4:58:25 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622
HOW ABOUT JUST BECAUSE THEY FUND TERROR, LIKELY 9/11!!

In addition, how about due to their horrible human rights record, which is comparable to that of Iran?

39 posted on 03/26/2016 4:58:31 PM PDT by DanMiller (Dan Miller)
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To: Hojczyk

There was a news article last week about the Saudis (Saudi Aramco)and Shell ending a partnership in which they had a couple of refineries here in the US. The Saudis took control of a refinery that processes mostly imported oil.

It said they are interested in buying more refineries here in the US. What are the chances they try to use oil from the United States at these refineries, and why would we allow Saudi Aramco to have a refinery here in the first place? Crap like this has to stop.


40 posted on 03/26/2016 4:59:44 PM PDT by rwh
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