Is the Trump Administration Helping the Saudis Build a Bomb?
NOVANEWS
The crown prince can't be trusted with a bone saw, let alone nuclear weapons.
By DOUG BANDOW
Crown Prince Bin Salman By Office of President of Russia; Nukes By gerasimov_foto_174 /Shutterstock
President Donald Trump went dancing with the Saudi royals in Riyadh, where he tried to sell America’s principles in exchange for a mess of weapons contracts. Since then, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become Saudi Arabia’s lead PR counsel in America. The Pentagon is the Saudi regime’s premier armorer.
Now Energy Secretary Rick Perry is acting as chief nuclear procurer for the Saudis. “By ramming through the sale of as much as $80 billion in nuclear power plants,” The New York Times warned recently, “the Trump administration would provide sensitive knowhow and materials to a governme...