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Saudi crown prince dismisses Trump remarks about reliance on US

'We've bought everything with money', says the Crown Prince

Reuters October 06, 2018

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ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dismissed remarks by Donald Trump in which the US president said he had warned the king he would not last in power "for two weeks" without US military backing and demanded he pay up.

"I love working with him. You know, you have to accept that any friend will say good things and bad things," Prince Mohammed
said in a Bloomberg interview published on Friday.

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"We believe that all the armaments we have from the United States of America are paid for, it's not free armament. So ever since the relationship started between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, we've bought everything with money," Prince Mohammed added.

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Trump made the comments at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday. Despite the harsh words, the Trump administration has had a close relationship with Saudi Arabia, which it views as a bulwark against Iran's ambitions in the region.

Trump made Saudi Arabia his first stop on his maiden international trip as president last year. Saudi Arabia is the world's top oil exporter and the de-facto leader of OPEC, which has been criticised by Trump for high oil prices.

COMMENTS (5)

bangbandhu | 6 years ago | Reply @Bunny Rabbit: you mean they go back to era of tents and camels, camel milk and so on. He did not have guts to do a Canada on him, that itself shows how scared they are.

Jamil M Chaudri | 6 years ago | Reply The only truth, I have heard from Trump. I though Tramp a congenital aversion to Truth. Well, perhaps he does tell A TRUTH, every two years. By contrast, Mohammed bin Salman, has still not been purged for the aberrant gene that militates against the truth-telling, even sporadically.

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SHAH S | 6 years ago | Reply This Wolf along with its partner in crime (Israel) always hunts his prey when he sees prey healthy, rich and in trouble in his neighborhood; This Wolf has been hunting and biting all those with lots of Cash Money … Countries such as KSA, UAE, Qatar, Japan, Germany, SKorea, Canada, and specially now, Hindu-stan..; This Wolf will force sell & dump all his old junk and obsolete military equipment in large batches against hard cash... ; and these Brainless scared Countries will keep buying 'Trash for Cash' from this Wolf in Billions of Dollars the worthless metal scrap;

Bunny Rabbit | 6 years ago | Reply The prince is right . they have survived 100 years before US military " helped them " . they can manage alone .

BrainBro | 6 years ago | Reply He wasn't this nice towards the Canadian PM.

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