So Donald Trump attended a ceremonial Saudi sword dance outside the Murabba Palace in Saudi Arabia over the weekend and it was awkward to say the least.
#45 kind of bobbed back and forth while doing a very unconvincing job pretending to enjoy himself. Meanwhile, Melania Trump looked on with a pained expression on her face.
Afterwards, Trump called the ceremony “very beautiful” before making a quick beeline for the exit. Here’s the original video:
President Trump joined Saudi King Salman in a traditional sword dance in Riyadh. pic.twitter.com/jFVi1HUUZc
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 21, 2017
Now, someone has remixed the video, looping it to a dance beat. The video, posted yesterday to Facebook, has received over 2.3 million views.
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KaiserVonScheiss
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!
Hussain-TheCanadian
So once again, an American president, hosted by one of the worst families on the planet, the Al-Sauds, not only dances to their pathetic “sword fighting” dance, but just sold them more tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons, not to mention political and economic cover.
Never mind that Saudi Salafi clerics are fan the flame of extremism and hatred against everyone who isnt them, never mind that Saudi business men, and wealthy families, are financially supporting terrorist groups world wide, Trump decided to open a “lets fight extremism” center in Riyadh.
If Americans want to know why bombs are exploding world wide, don’t look further from Saudi Arabia, its princes, clerical and business elites, and their American amen corner made up of American politicians, think tanks and the gold old CIA that helps them – Western civilization, culture, humanism and any sort of religious decency be damned, its all about money and power.
Bob LaBlah
“but just sold them more tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons, not to mention political and economic cover.”
Regardless of how many tens of billions of dollars of weapons they buy those weapons will be useless in the hands of the Saudis. Their F-15’s are flown only by the princes and those princes are notorious for simply ejecting out of those $30 million a piece plans at the SLIGHTEST sign of trouble instead of trying falling back on their training to solve whatever the problem is before the plane crashes. It was determined that over ninety percent of the crashes involving the princes were due to their incompetence and lack of will to fight, or fly in this case. During the first Gulf War, with the Iraqi army right next door in Kuwait, the Saudi fell to their knees and begged the Americans to take over. Never mind that on a weapon per weapon match with the Iraqis they should have been a mightier force.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Bob – I agree with your observation Bob, the Saudi military can’t even defeat a Sandals wearing militia with old school Soviet weapons in Yemen, let alone being able to defend the Arab peninsula against a real army. Those weapons are nothing more than money deals for some Saudi princes, some American politicians, and of course the American weapons industry.
All of trump’s big talk against the Saudi government during the campaign wethered away as soon as he was paid; the American people need to wake up to this rakett, enough is enough.
Bob LaBlah
@Hussain-TheCanadian: This was on back in December. Its on youtube but I am posting it just in case you missed it. Few Americans realize that it was only 100 years or so ago when the Turks and its Ottoman Empire collapsed and threw that entire region into chaos. These “kings” are lying thru their teeth as to how long they have been in power and their lineage. Not to go to far off topic but the late Shah of Iran had to NERVE to say his lineage went back 2500 years and he was the “rightful” ruler of Iran. Islam and Khomeini proved him wrong, didnt it? Check it out. Those of you who have always wondered if there was a side to this royal family (as well as those freeloaders in Britain, but thats another rant, er, um, story) should find this PBS story on youtube interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvqKm4N4AE
Neonegro
Great business deal by Trump….BRAVO
Holloway
Why does this matter?
if Trump was somehow a natural at sword dancing with those homophobic, misogynistic, religious fanatic desert dwellers would I REALLY feel better?
the house of Saud is a corrupt cesspit that mistreats immigrants, kills lgbtq, whips women, and allows statutory rape.