An unnamed US official has reported that Saudi Arabia has paid the United States an estimated $500 million to defray the cost of US troop deployments on Saudi soil. The payment was made in December.
This is far afield of what President Trump has claimed. Last week, he told Fox News that Saudi Arabia “had already deposited $1 billion in the bank.” Even that was a step back from December, when Trump claimed he’d gotten “billions of dollars” from them.
The Pentagon cannot confirm so far that any payment has been made, but the Defense Department did say that discussions with the Saudis are ongoing with an eye toward increasing the amount the Saudis are paying.
The presumption among US officials is that the costs are rising because of thousands of additional troops being send to Saudi Arabia recently, and that subsequently the Saudis will be expected to cover the difference.
Talk of the Saudis paying ever more for a US military presence has been emphasized by top officials, Trump in particular, amid pushes to get more money out of other countries that host US forces. Most immediately, the US wants billions from South Korea, and is expected to seek more from Japan and Germany.
Accounting has never been spanky’s strong suit……
Trump and his family have been laundering money through his real estate empire for the so-called Russian mob since the 1980s when he was a “protege” of mobster Roy Cohn. Most of his “accounting” has been done under the table, two sets of books. That’s why he’s desperate to prevent his tax returns from being released to the Southern District of New York. Why isn’t this grounds for impeachment? Have to ask the Dems about that one.
South Korea, Germany and Japan would be well served to kick the American invaders out of their countries.
Have guns, will travel.
Saudi Arabia might have paid, $500m but America’s military overall costs approaching a $trillion. It’s way more than Saudi Arabia’s entire GDP. The whole idea is silly. There’s no other country in the world that could pay for it even if they wanted to, except maybe China, and China certainly doesn’t want to.
Add Iraq to the list of those nations experiencing sticker shock at having US troops invading and staying forever… “In September, 2019 Washington demanded that Iraq pay for completion of key infrastructure projects destroyed by the ISIS war– a war where Washington as well as Ankara, Israel and Saudi Arabia played the key hidden role—by giving the US government 50% of Iraqi oil revenues, an outrageous demand to put it politely. Iraq refused.”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/did-trump-just-give-middle-east-china-russia/5700660
But remember, the us destroyed iraq to bring “democracy” to that country.
Now the us is saying, you can vote all you want, we ain’t leaving.
We destroyed Iraq at the behest of Israel…
“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attacks on the twin towers and the Pentagon and the American struggle in Iraq.” – Benjamin Netanyahu
Troops for hire-it is a new dawn for US military history.
So will my tax forms tell me how I will receive my share of that $500 million?
Washington now rents its army out. US soldiers could now possibly die for Saudi Arabia. Sick.
Besides paying the bill for American Forces’ expenses, Saudi Arabia is Mainly Financing American War Industry to also Destroy Muslim. Countries