Trump, Kushner, MBS, Khashoggi

11:54:46 AMSimpleJakWhat do you think are the odds the Trump administration colluded with the Saudis to kill that journalist.
11:54:55 AMSimpleJakI think it's one in three.
11:56:14 AMSimpleJakThe more likely scenario is that MBS merely asked for permission in his call the day before to Jared Kushner, and Kushner said the equivalent of "that's fine".
11:56:15 AMCorum1 in 24,565
11:56:30 AMSimpleJakYou'll recall MBS is the Saudi who described having "Kushner in his pocket".
11:56:58 AMCorumi don't recall that
11:57:47 AMSimpleJakhttps://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/
11:58:36 AMSimpleJakIf you don't think the odds of the Trump admin working with a Middle East, despotic Islamist to kill a journalist is about 1/3, then you haven't been paying attention to the Trump administration.
11:59:04 AMCorumi don't know why Trump would care about some arab journalist in the middle east
11:59:34 AMSimpleJakI can immediately give you two reasons:
12:00:32 PMSimpleJak1. Jared Kushner is about $700 million debt for his purchase of 666 5th Avenue building. He has been trafficking in American intelligence to Islamists in the Middle East to secure a loan to cover that debt. That's a capital offense.
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12:01:20 PMSimpleJak2. Trump has long and deep financial ties that predate his presidential run and have expanded during his presidency. It's not in the Trump administration's interest to upset one of their benefactors in the region. The killing of the journalist was especially important for MBS, as the journalist was highly critical of the House of Saud.
12:01:47 PMSimpleJakRemember, Donald Trump is a mob boss.
12:01:56 PMSimpleJakHow do mob bosses of families that are working with other families communicate?
12:02:07 PMCorumso why would the saudis need american assistance in killing a saudi journaist in turkey?
12:02:35 PMCorumif their intelligence services can't kill a journalist on their own, they have some big problems
12:02:39 PMSimpleJak'Hey, Sally. Good to hears from ya. I wanted to let you know that I understand that Sonny disrespected you and yous want to off him. I gotta say, I got no problem with that -- I've been very happy wit how we's been doing business together these last few years.'
12:03:04 PMSimpleJakCorum: There is currently no credible evidence in the public domain that Saudis used American assets to kill the journalist @ help.
12:03:43 PMSimpleJakWhile Trumpism is rapidly depleting American power, America remains the most powerful nation on Earth. No better friend, no worst enemy.
12:04:08 PMSimpleJakIt is very profitable to be America's ally. Compare Saudi Arabia that was the home of the 9/11 hijackers to Iraq, that had no connection to 9/11.
12:04:14 PMSimpleJakOne had their government removed, the other did not.
12:04:22 PMSimpleJakIt's not in the interest of MBS to piss off Americans unnecessarily.
12:04:33 PMSimpleJakSo, if we strongly objected, there is a good chance this wouldn't have occurred.
12:05:06 PMSimpleJakRemember, Trump has no empathy whatsoever.
12:05:17 PMSimpleJakHe can't feel the suffering of others. He has a deep mental health problems.
12:05:27 PMSimpleJakHe feels very uncomfortable around people that have empathy, as they dislike him.
12:05:41 PMSimpleJakHe only selects people in his circle who also have no empathy, like Jared Kushner, who married his daughter who he's in love with.
12:05:48 PMSimpleJakThey don't have any empathy for some random journalist.
12:06:11 PMSimpleJakYou've seen this week Trump be far more upset at Taylor Swift than the murdering Islamist MBS.
12:06:22 PMSimpleJakBecause Trump is a deep, deep enemy of the American republic.
12:07:00 PMSimpleJakRemember, the NSA intercepted the plans to kill the journalist.
12:07:20 PMSimpleJakUnder American IC policy, federal law, and international treaty, there is a duty to report credible threats to people who are at risk.
12:07:24 PMSimpleJakWe did not warn this person.
12:08:02 PMSimpleJakLikely because the Trump administration blocked it. It will be a new emerging scandal in the next few weeks that will go nowhere as long as the fascist, white supremacy party, the GOP, is in Congress.
12:08:29 PMSimpleJakPerhaps a Western government should invite Trump and Kushner to their consulate.
12:08:33 PMSimpleJakAnd then dismember then.