Jackson owned a couple of hundred slaves and grew cotton. That was BIG money back then.
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.
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yeah, and THAT little thing.
about Iran, good thing we coerced them to stop their brutality in order to get their 150 billion /s
Amen!
That said he’d need to also couple it with offsetting the balance between the shia and Sunnis...dear leader 0bama has altered that.
We have already pulled our base out of SA. Now they are protecting themselves, and the result is Iran has them nearly surrounded ans waiting for their nukes to strike. SA will probably invite China to protect them as China needs SA oil more than we do.
Andrew Jackson is very under-rated. An all-time great IMO.
Jackson owned a couple of hundred slaves and grew cotton. That was BIG money back then.
Every NGO, Government Department, Charitable Organization, etc. IS LIKE ANY ORGANISM! They exist to GROW! Even when their "MISSION" is accomplished..., they will try to reinvent themselves to "SOLVE OTHER PROBLEMS"! Been there and, in a pitifully small minority, proposed eliminating ourselves and seeking other positions!
I don’t know, the situation with the Saudi’s is complicated, with deals and agreements dating back to the 1970’s.
For one thing, the one thing keeping the US dollar from collapsing is that commodities, in particular oil, are priced in US dollars. Unless this was later retracted, we agreed to purchase Saudi crude if they only accepted dollars for their oil. In return we would provide military support when necessary.
Next, the entanglements we’ve got ourselves into in the ME since 2001 are close to spiraling out of control. Other than the Most High Himself, I don’t know what has prevented the whole place from becoming a nuclear wasteland.
It is not a cut-and-dried situation - all options and consequences must be considered carefully.
I don’t know if what Mr. Trump is proposing is right or wrong; good or bad in the short term or the long term.
>>Trump hits another one out of the park.<<
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Yes.
Talk about calling out the emperor with no clothes!
SA IS NOT OUR FRIEND.
The Saudi prince that dressed Trump down for tweeting about him and Hillary may has something to say about that. He told Trump to shut up about Hillary, and he did. Something about bailing out several of Trump’s investments.
Wow! I always pictured him as a commonfolk who was loved by the rabble.
And a war hero.
I like it. Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be able to behave in such a reckless way if we weren’t providing all their defense.
Maybe they’ll spend a little less on building mosque all around the world to spread their evil cult.
Iran is in Russia's pocket. Will China risk antagonizing them? It's in Russia best interest to keep the middle east destabilized as oil prices are important to their economy.
Very bad move and position. By isolating our refining capacities to "specific" sources, our industry (refining) will pay anywhere between 10-25% extra for crude. I thought Donald made great deals.
They could just sell it elsewhere through a third party like a great deal of the crude oil imported to the U.S. from Russia before the Iraq war was actually oil from Iraqi fields sold through Russian middlemen.
How interesting that FReepers would agree that the President should have the power to decide unilaterally to decide whom we may do business with.
This used to be a conservative site. Government power over individuals wasn't welcome.
Um forgive my pig ignorance, who buys oil? Oil companies? What does that have to do with the President? What exactly does “halting U.S. Oil Purchases From Saudis” mean? A federal law banning Saudi oil or gasoline made from Saudi oil being sold in the United States?
Likely is being generous.
While being president, maybe he also wants to be CEO of every E & P, and M & R operation.
>>> Just what we need - higher gas prices
Actually, I think Trump and you are both mistaken. Petroleum is a very fungible resource, and so if we stop buying from SA, the market flow will automatically shift to accommodate, but everyone will still buy at approx. the same market price.
Worked in those towers. They were beautiful!!
DEFINITELY is more like it and they didn’t get to feel our wrath, I’ll never know why!
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