Former President Donald Trump made a recent appearance on Fox News host Brian Kilmeade’s radio show, and at one point Kilmeade asked him about Saudi Arabia’s oil price hike and what he thinks about the Biden administration’s plans to retaliate, Raw Story [1] reports.
Incredibly (remember this is Trump, after all) he responded by saying he thinks Saudi Arabia “has been treated badly by the United States, by this particular group of people.” He also said he believes this administration has taken the Saudis “for granted.”
Trump of course couldn’t resist boasting that during his presidency Saudi Arabia “would have done anything for us,” because he “gave them great protection.”
Saudi Arabia has recently announced its plans to reduce oil production by two million barrels per day and White House officials have described [2] this as a “hostile act” that means the U.S. will be “reevaluating” [3] the Saudi relationship.
At one point during the segment, Trump also said if he were president, he wouldn’t sanction the Saudis for boosting oil prices because they serve as an effective wedge against Iran.
Biden visited the Saudi City of Jeddah, greeting the de-facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump three months ago, and this move upset rights activists because of the kingdom’s dreadful human rights abuses.
The visit is a drastic reversal of Biden’s vow in 2019 vow to turn Saudi Arabia into a “pariah” over abuses, especially in regard to the shocking murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
When the hopes were dashed that Biden’s visit would spur oil production, the president drew sharp criticism from some of his fellow Democrats, who have described the Saudis as “royal backstabbers” who “misled and double-crossed” Biden.
Frankly, the fact that Trump can defend a country where [4] a U.S. journalist was beheaded and dismembered (even though the U.S. also commits atrocities [5]) shows what kind of man the former president is.
Lawmakers continue to call for Washington to remove military assets from the kingdom and have also called for exposing the oil cartel to anti-trust lawsuits by imposing a so-called NOPEC [6] bill. Anything that would break the grip of this kingdom would be a good thing. American families struggling just to get by as inflation continues to spiral upward are the victims of what amounts to nothing more than greed.
You can listen to Trump’s boasting on Kilmeade’s program in the clip below.
And people were DISGUSTED:
Trump is defending the Saudis & attacking America, saying they were right to cut oil production cuz they’ve “been treated badly by the US”
He also defended the Saudi funders of 9/11 by saying “nobody's gotten to the bottom of 9/11”
Trump’s nationality isn’t American. It’s MONEY
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) October 22, 2022 [7]
Does anyone else wonder whether a $2 billion payment from the Saudis to a member of the Trump family might have something to do with Agent Orange's assertion that they've "been treated badly by the United States"?
— JohnFAndrews42 (@Andrews42F) October 21, 2022 [8]
He is more than willing to sell out our national security and the American people. He demonstrates time and again, that he is more interested in his own pockets than in the interest of the United States. When will we learn that he can’t ever be trusted. #VERYSAD [9] 🥲🇺🇸🥲
— Stephen G. Smith (@sg_smith21) October 22, 2022 [10]
And why exactly did they give Jared $2B for a hedge fund he has no experience running? Perhaps something to do with those top secret documents on Iran's missile systems?
— david hofferbert (@DavidHofferbert) October 22, 2022 [11]
What could Trump and Jared kushner have given the Saudi's to receive 2 billion dollars maybe he turned over some of them top secret documents to to them they should be an investigation as to what that money was given to them for they get richer and the poor get poorer
— Cyrus B (@cyrus_b12) October 23, 2022 [12]
Bad enough Jared was gifted a top security clearance he did not earn. Why has Jared not been made to at very least explain this the 2 billion from Saudi Arabia?
— Franklin (@BlueStarDaddy) October 22, 2022 [13]
I wonder if the Saudis might have been interested in some of those Iranian missile program secrets that TFG brought home to Mar A Lago?
— Bruce Colfin (@TheFirmTM) October 22, 2022 [14]
Trump thinks Saudis have been treated badly by the U.S. because Saudis have bailed his ass out more than once and he doesn't want his relationship with MBS messed up by U.S. foreign policy.
— ralph murphy (@RalphMurphy15) October 22, 2022 [15]
Read this twice. #TraitorTrump [16]
Trump defends Saudi’s oil price hike:
They have ‘been treated badly by the United States’— Uncle Lou. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@madneon) October 22, 2022 [17]