#GiftArticle

‘Things happen’

#WashingtonPost Editorial Board

Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.

The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.

#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI

The U.S. is planning to greenlight the first sales of advanced artificial intelligence chips to Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence firm Humain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/tech/us-chips-saudi-ai-humain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #semiconductors #ai #chipmakers #saudiarabia #us #donaldtrump #trade #tech

Donald Trump said Mohammed bin Salman knew nothing about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/trump-saudi-khashoggi-us-intel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #mohammedbinsalman #jamalkhashoggi #saudiarabia #middleeast #us #donaldtrump #trade #republicans

#GiftArticle

‘Things happen’

#WashingtonPost Editorial Board

Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.

The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.

#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI

Despite having been found liable for decades of #fraud, the #TrumpOrganization & #SaudiArabia developer #DarGlobal are looking to open the latest #Trump hotel in the Maldives.

Dar Global plans to build a $1B Trump Plaza project in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah as Trump's family business expands in the Gulf, the company said in Sept.

The project will be the second Trump-branded development in the kingdom after the launch of Trump Tower Jeddah last year, Dar Global said.

#law #Constitution #emoluments

#Trump said the #US would sell #F35 stealth fighter jets to #SaudiArabia in a similar arrangement it has with #Israel.

"As far as I'm concerned, I think they are both at a level where they should get top of the line (F-35s)," Trump said, referring to Saudi & Israel as great allies.

#WarCrimes

"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen, but he [ #MBS] knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” #Trump said as if likability excuses #murder.

#law #criminals #US #SaudiArabia #JamalKhashoggi #Khashoggi

[Helsinki flashback] #Trump contradicts #US #intelligence, says #MBS 'knew nothing' about #Khashoggi death.

Then in classic Trump fashion, Trump dismisses a reporter’s question on the #murder of #journalist #JamalKhashoggi as an attempt to "embarrass" the #SaudiArabia leader, horrifically adding:
🚨 "things happen" [um… dismemberment doesn’t just “happen”] 🚨

Trump asked the reporter where she was from, then called her "fake news."

#criminal #law #FreePress

This is MBS's first visit to the US since the 2018 killing of #journalist & Saudi critic #JamalKhashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.

#Khashoggi was killed & dismembered in Oct 2018 by Saudi agents in an operation US intelligence believed was ordered by #MBS.

Khashoggi had criticized the crown prince's policies in his #WashingtonPost columns.
He had traveled to the #SaudiArabia consulate to obtain papers to marry his fiancée, a Turkish citizen.

#law #murder #Trump #criminal

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the White House with the aim of deepening decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and possibly nuclear energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/world/politics/saudi-us-defense-ai-nuclear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #saudiarabia #mohammedbinsalman #us #donaldtrump #defense #ai

Wait until he finds out he's the bagholder for this bubble....

#SaudiArabia #MBS #AIBubble #USPOL #USPOLITICS

Both reformist and autocrat, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has emerged as the most momentous and audacious leader in Saudi Arabia’s modern history — driving its transformation and shaping its future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/world/saudi-mbs-us-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #jamalkhashoggi #saudiarabia #mohammedbinsalman #us #donaldtrump #republicans #oil #middleeast

Its now pretty clear that Saudi Arabia is a major block to global efforts to act on climate change... don't get me wrong the global political class is weak & unwilling to act decisively anyway, but the Saudi's are doing their bit to make that inaction even easier....

If the human race makes it to the end of C21st, you can be sure the survivors will look at out generation(s) & see the betrayal of the future pretty starkly!

#Climate #SaudiArabia #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/170000-a-minute-why-saudi-arabia-is-the-biggest-blocker-of-climate-action

Its now pretty clear that Saudi Arabia is a major block to global efforts to act on climate change... don't get me wrong the global political class is weak & unwilling to act decisively anyway, but the Saudi's are doing their bit to make that inaction even easier....

If the human race makes it to the end of C21st, you can be sure the survivors will look at out generation(s) & see the betrayal of the future pretty starkly!

#Climate #SaudiArabia #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/170000-a-minute-why-saudi-arabia-is-the-biggest-blocker-of-climate-action

NTT Data Group is considering building data centers in Saudi Arabia as the Japanese firm looks to capitalize on fresh momentum around artificial intelligence in the kingdom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/ntt-data-saudi-arabia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nttdata #saudiarabia #ai #tech

Donald Trump has talked of normalizing ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but it is unlikely when Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/world/politics/trump-saudi-arabia-israel-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #saudiarabia #mohammedbinsalman

All Eyes on Sudan

Sudan is facing the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis and yet, the world looks away.

More than 12 million people have been displaced since war broke out in April 2023 between the army of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF militia led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. Over 150,000 people have been killed.

Now, the city of #Al-Fasher has fallen to the #RSF. Civilians are being targeted, hospitals looted, and entire neighbourhoods destroyed. Half of those displaced are children.

But Sudan’s collapse is not an isolated tragedy; it's the result of decades of colonial destabilisation, exploitation, and the continous influence of other states such as #Egypt, #Russia, #China, The United Arab Emirates and #SaudiArabia. The latter directly receiving weaponry from European states such as #UK, #France and #Germany, as well as the #USA.

The same system that is selling weapons in already war-torn areas, is then sending more weapons to build a border regime to prevent people fleeing from this violence.

We need to stop this madness of endless militarisation. Politics for people, not for profit, and human rights for all.

All eyes on Sudan.

#Sudan

Saudi Arabia is preparing to shift its $925 billion sovereign wealth fund away from a focus on real estate gigaprojects that have dominated its development goals for the last decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/economy/saudi-arabia-fund-gigaproject/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #saudiarabia #tech

All Eyes on Sudan

Sudan is facing the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis and yet, the world looks away.

More than 12 million people have been displaced since war broke out in April 2023 between the army of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the RSF militia led by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. Over 150,000 people have been killed.

Now, the city of #Al-Fasher has fallen to the #RSF. Civilians are being targeted, hospitals looted, and entire neighbourhoods destroyed. Half of those displaced are children.

But Sudan’s collapse is not an isolated tragedy; it's the result of decades of colonial destabilisation, exploitation, and the continous influence of other states such as #Egypt, #Russia, #China, The United Arab Emirates and #SaudiArabia. The latter directly receiving weaponry from European states such as #UK, #France and #Germany, as well as the #USA.

The same system that is selling weapons in already war-torn areas, is then sending more weapons to build a border regime to prevent people fleeing from this violence.

We need to stop this madness of endless militarisation. Politics for people, not for profit, and human rights for all.

All eyes on Sudan.

#Sudan