Eric Trump, proudly announces last week, guess what? We are going to have Trump Tower Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. And this is a deal that they have been working on for several years. They were also working on Trump Tower in Israel.
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Mike Papantonio: But let’s make the transition to Saudi Arabia, $2 billion. Yeah.
Farron Cousins: Look, we’ve got Eric Trump, who proudly announces last week. Guess what? We are gonna have Trump Tower Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. And this is a deal that, by the way, they have been working on for several years. They were also working on Trump Tower in Israel. They want to open several hotels there, but that got thrown off with the conflict. But the hotels, by the way, in Israel, because this is such a juicy story too, they have strategically bought these places. One right next to the defense ministry. So that way you get all of the visiting officials, everybody there. The other is right next to the military base. So you get all these people. But this one in Saudi Arabia.
Mike Papantonio: But that has not gone through is that?
Farron Cousins: Right. That’s on hold, he says.
Mike Papantonio: That’s on hold. Okay.
Farron Cousins: But Saudi Arabia, by God, that’s happening. And what a wonderful thing it is, because God knows if you want to go somewhere luxury on vacation, you go to Saudi Arabia.
Mike Papantonio: Okay. The difference here, I’m not gonna try to defend it. Okay. That’s the difference. And I’m just saying, why can’t we process all of this and say that Biden story is just as ugly as this story? There’s no way for me to defend. He’s taken up with Mohammed bin Salman, who is what, we know the guy’s a thug. I mean, we know what he’s done. What 90 people beheaded last year?
Farron Cousins: Oh, it was hundreds. They did the big event where they, 2023, where they had, I think it was 200 plus that they brought in and just, right across.
Mike Papantonio: Khashoggi. We know that he was watching the murder of this man, or at least pretty good evidence he was.
Farron Cousins: Yeah. From the close circuit tv.
Mike Papantonio: Close circuit television. Let’s cut off his head. I wanna see that. The guy is a dangerous, dangerous dictator.
Farron Cousins: He really is.
Mike Papantonio: And so he knows that the Saudis were behind 9/11. We can’t hide from that. We know that. It’s not speculation anymore. The royal family directly connected to all of that. But he’s gonna take $2 billion and make more money for his fund.
Farron Cousins: And after he spent four years as the Middle East envoy. So obviously sitting there, talking to these people, builds good relationships, gets $2 billion for a company that doesn’t yet exist other than on paper. It is sickening to see this, especially because we as a country, through Democrats and Republicans, have had this horrid relationship with Saudi Arabia, where we give them everything they want.
Mike Papantonio: Oh, they want bombs, we give ’em bombs.
Farron Cousins: And they turn around and beat the crap out of us in return.
Mike Papantonio: Well, now how about this. Biden, day one says, we’re going to send you, was it $50 billion worth of weapons? Some God awful number.
Farron Cousins: Yeah, Something like that.
Mike Papantonio: Okay. And all we want you to do is keep the price of oil down. So Saudi, sure we will do that. Well, hell, the next week, the price of oil goes up after we deliver the $50 billion worth. These people are thugs.
Farron Cousins: And Biden went back. He says, well, why are you not doing that? And they say, well, we’re not gonna do it.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. Not.
Farron Cousins: And so then Biden, because the story’s even worse than just, Biden says, okay, well we’re not gonna give you any more weapons. And then I think it was six months later, he says, okay, we’ll send you more weapons.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah, yeah.
Farron Cousins: Can you lower oil prices for us? They say, well, we’re still not gonna do it, but thanks for all the weapons.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. He’s a putz. I mean, we got putz for a President.
Farron Cousins: But he was. Trump was. Obama was. Bush, obviously was.
Mike Papantonio: Okay, look, here’s the only point I’m trying to make with you, Farron. I see the whole Biden, China, Ukraine story the same way, and we just have a difference of opinion. But I’m still willing to embrace both sides. Kushner shouldn’t do this kind of thing. It’s wrong. And I just think we have to call it out all the time.
Farron Cousins: Well, the difference is, I’m also not saying that Jared Kushner broke the law. I’m just saying this is shady. Just as I’ve admitted Hunter Biden is shady. But I’m not saying that he has broken any laws, just like I said Hunter, from what I’ve seen, has not broken any laws.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. Either way, I think we have to be vigilant in calling out independent, Democrat, Republican. We just have to do that. I feel like that’s the success of social media, really, if you want to know the truth.