It comes a year after the president pushed through a US$8.1 bil contract despite opposition. FMTNews US
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell arms to Saudi Arabia again, one year after pushing through a controversial US$8.1 billion contract despite congressional opposition, an influential US senator revealed on Wednesday.
The government wants to conclude the sale, the details of which have not yet been made public, “even though the Saudis seemingly want out of their failed and brutal war in Yemen”, he added. US intelligence services had concluded that the murder had been ordered by the crown prince, “a capricious Saudi despot who thinks he can butcher his critics without consequences”, Menendez wrote.
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