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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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1 posted on 03/26/2016 4:36:39 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Good.


2 posted on 03/26/2016 4:38:03 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: eyedigress

Agreed. We should stop funding our enemies.


3 posted on 03/26/2016 4:38:20 PM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: Hojczyk

We should stop buying from the Saudis out of principle. We need to be energy independent, period.


4 posted on 03/26/2016 4:38:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Hojczyk

VOTE TRUMP!

5 posted on 03/26/2016 4:39:10 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: Hojczyk

The elite vested PTB are going to be PISSED at this kind of talk.


6 posted on 03/26/2016 4:39:28 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Hojczyk

HOW ABOUT JUST BECAUSE THEY FUND TERROR, LIKELY 9/11!!

Great Idea!


7 posted on 03/26/2016 4:39:51 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Hojczyk

Trump hits another one out of the park.


8 posted on 03/26/2016 4:40:13 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Travis McGee

good.


9 posted on 03/26/2016 4:40:36 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Hojczyk

Great idea. Just what we need - higher gas prices. That’ll show ‘em! /sarc


10 posted on 03/26/2016 4:41:43 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Nessie ... Sasquatch ... The Free Syrian Army ...)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

I’m for it.

I’d love to see our “friends” choke on their own oil.


11 posted on 03/26/2016 4:41:45 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: dfwgator

Buy it when its cheap. Stop when it crosses a specified threshold. Let THEM worry about the economics of it.


12 posted on 03/26/2016 4:41:47 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Hojczyk
The Department of Energy was established with the intent of working towards energy independence. As with any other bureaucracy, it was determined that it would not be able to justify its existence if it solved the problem it was established to solve, so it became a matter of its own survival to manage the problem rather than actually do anything about it.

Establishing energy independence would not only be a good thing in and of itself, but would also make it much harder for a big chunk of the bureaucracy to perpetuate itself.

13 posted on 03/26/2016 4:42:54 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Travis McGee

That is true and that is my fear. They are very ruthless people that they will try to harm him.


14 posted on 03/26/2016 4:43:45 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: dfwgator

you’re right.

Trump thinks like an average American should.

that’s it. That’s all it took to become the front runner.

actually care about the country more than money or power.

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

He doesn’t need anymore money. That’s a good thing


15 posted on 03/26/2016 4:43:50 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Hojczyk

Great idea. When the House of Saud falls to Islamic extremists, life will be good again. I can’t imagine what extremist would do with billions of dollars. Probably they will use it for humanitarian projects.


16 posted on 03/26/2016 4:45:38 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: Hojczyk
BOOM!
17 posted on 03/26/2016 4:46:28 PM PDT by McGruff (Ted. You got some esplainin to do.)
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To: Hojczyk

The ONLY thing that Trump would have to do is trash the Low-sulfur requirement, that FORCES American Companies to import Saudi/Venezuelean oil instead of using American oil for gasoline.

End of Saudi oil purchases....


18 posted on 03/26/2016 4:48:04 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Hojczyk
Golly gee whiz, doesn't he know how much better off we are exporting our oil and buying Saudi oil?

He must have missed yet another memo.

19 posted on 03/26/2016 4:49:04 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: dp0622

“Have we ever had a comparatively rich president, if he were to get elected?
He doesn’t need anymore money. That’s a good thing”

Theodore Roosevelt.
And Trump has OBVIOUSLY read his book, and studied his campaign.


20 posted on 03/26/2016 4:49:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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