Trump continued that “it is our paramount goal to fully eliminate the threat of terrorism throughout the world!”
“After my heavily negotiated trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the Kingdom agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States. This is a record amount of money,” Trump said.
“It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous economic development, and much additional wealth for the United States,” he continued, adding that “of the $450 billion, $110 billion will be spent on the purchase of military equipment from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and many other great U.S. defense contractors.”
Trump cautioned against canceling defense contracts with the Saudis, saying that “if we foolishly cancel these contracts, Russia and China would be the enormous beneficiaries – and very happy to acquire all of this newfound business. It would be a wonderful gift to them directly from the United States!”
“Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information,” Trump said of the Khashoggi killing, but added that “it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event – maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!”
“’Great allies’ don’t plot the murder of journalists, Mr. President. ‘Great allies’ don’t lure their own citizens into a trap, then kill them,” said Jeff Flake, the retiring Republican senator from Arizona.
