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Thursday, March 7, 2019

Jared Kushner Does End Run Around State Department In Recent Trip To Saudi Arabia, Buddy MBS Ran The Show

Jared Kushner Does End Run Around State Department In Recent Trip To Saudi Arabia, Buddy MBS Ran The Show: Jared Kushner made a recent trip to Saudi Arabia and met with the royal court there. Unfortunately, he elected to leave the U.S. Embassy out of the loop. They don’t know what he discussed with his buddy Mohammad bin Salman, which concerns them, and it concerns members of congress as well. Daily Beast: The lack of insight into Kushner’s visit to Saudi Arabia has frustrated members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat, who told The Daily Beast that they are actively trying to learn more about the conversations between senior U.S. administration officials and Saudi Arabia. Lawmakers said they were concerned that the embassy in Riyadh did not have knowledge of what was discussed between Kushner, MBS and King Salman, pointing to the increasingly fragile relationship between the two countries following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The Daily Beast reported last week that the Trump administration is still actively working to make a deal to send U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and that American energy businesses are still hoping to cash in on Riyadh’s push for energy diversification. Now this last part is what you need to keep your eyes on. In January, 2017, Kushner, along wi

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