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Saudi Arabia has poured money into Trump’s operations and curried favor with $ since he’s been president. THREAD.
The Saudi embassy has spent at least $270,000 at Trump’s Washington hotel since the November 2016 election, and the royal family has spent big money at his Chicago and New York hotels since he became president.
washingtonpost.com/politics/i-lik…
In 2015, Trump boasted about his business dealings with the Saudis: “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much."
Trump’s business ties with Saudi Arabia go way back, including Saudi purchases of a yacht and a floor at Trump World Tower in NYC. stripes.com/news/us/trump-…
Meanwhile, the Saudi Crown Prince has said that the U.S. Prince Jared Kushner was “in his pocket.”
theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jar…
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We filed a FOIA request and found a foreign government was involved in planning Trump's military parade.

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💣Complicit💣

Let this sink in...

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📌WH had TS SIGINT in advance of killing.
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📌The first last year & the second earlier in 2018”

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