In a Friday appearance on Fox News, Eric Trump said that he’s not sure the alleged murder of one journalist is worth ending the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia.
“You can’t be executing journalists or anybody else,” he said to the hosts of “Outnumbered.” “At the same time who are our friends in the Middle East? What are you going to do, take that and throw all of that away?”
He added that journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder was “awful” and “savage,” but that it leaves the United States is in a “very tough predicament.”
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— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 19, 2018
One suitcase at a time, apparently.
For anyone wanting a refresher on just what our “friendship” with the Saudis looks like over the last hundred years, I recommend James Barr’s “Lords of the Desert: Britain’s Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East”.
Not that I would expect Eric to read a book.
I don’t care what Eric Trump thinks. Why should I? Nobody in his family does.
In the 80’s you would have prominent Conservatives defending US backed death squads in El Salvador who were responsible for the murder and rape of priests and nuns. They would even blame the victims with the likes of Al Haig and Jeanne Kirkpatrick making excuses like “They ran a roadblock!” This band of conservatives have now weaponized these lies with the help of their media entertainment complex.
A “very tough predicament”?
Let me help you out here, kid.
When a head of government orders the murder and dismemberment of a journalist – on diplomatic ground – there’s no “predicament”, tough or otherwise.
You either stand with murdering and dismembering people, or you stand against it.
Sorry your little, rat-like brain suffers from trust-fund poisoning, but the rest of the human race gets it.
Seek help – while there’s still a chance to save what tiny crumbs remain of your lost humanity.