Saudi Crown Prince says won’t pay US for own security
Trump said Saudi King wouldn’t last for two weeks in power without U.S. military support
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said his country will not pay Washington for its own security, saying his oil-rich kingdom was created even before the U.S. itself.
What’s that got to do with anything?
“Saudi Arabia was there before the United States of America. It’s there since 1744, I believe more than 30 years before the United States of America,” bin Salman told Bloomberg in an exclusive interview late Friday.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said the Saudi King would not last for two weeks in power without U.S. military support.
But bin Salman downplayed Trump’s remarks, saying “you have to accept that any friend will say good things and bad things”.
“So you cannot have 100 percent friends saying good things about you, even in your family. You will have some misunderstandings. So we put that in that category,” he said.
The Crown Prince said Riyadh has paid for all weapons bought from the U.S.
“We will pay nothing for our security. We believe that all the armaments we have from the United States of America are paid for, it’s not free armament,” he said.
Paying for armaments is not the same as having the U.S. army protecting you. Trump is right to put some pressure on Soddy Barbaria.


























