ABC is reporting that some unnamed sources say that the $110 billion worth of US arms that were to be sold to Saudi Arabia under an outline agreement signed when President Trump visited the Saudis in 2017 was "inflated". If you read the whole report rather than the claim of "inflation", you find that so far the Saudis have received about $15 billion worth of arms. The remainder is scheduled for 2019 through 2022 or is listed with the date of delivery to be determined. In other words, while the arms sales have not yet been completed, they are still on the list to take place. ABC blames Jared Kushner for the "inflation" of the deal. That's a very negative way of saying that Kushner was responsible for America selling over $100 billion worth of arms to our allies the Saudis. That sale is good for a huge number of jobs for ordinary Americans.
This deal was a very good one for the USA. It got our domestic industries major orders. It also reduced the cost of America's own arms by increasing the production levels, thereby saving the government a lost of cash. It cemented an alliance with the Saudis and against Iran. It gave the USA more influence in Saudi Arabia than it has had at any time since 1973. But to ABC, this was some sort of phony inflated deal because it hasn't all been completed (even though it was never scheduled to be completed until 2022 or 2023.
So this is a story that gets it totally wrong. It's not #FakeNews as such. It is, rather, idiotic non-news.
Somehow, ABC seems incapable of reporting anything that might show the Trump administration in a good light. Indeed, this is the rough equivalent of ABC reporting that the tax cuts passed last December are inflated because many people haven't yet received their larger tax refunds for 2018 (even though those refunds would never be due until early 2019.)
This deal was a very good one for the USA. It got our domestic industries major orders. It also reduced the cost of America's own arms by increasing the production levels, thereby saving the government a lost of cash. It cemented an alliance with the Saudis and against Iran. It gave the USA more influence in Saudi Arabia than it has had at any time since 1973. But to ABC, this was some sort of phony inflated deal because it hasn't all been completed (even though it was never scheduled to be completed until 2022 or 2023.
So this is a story that gets it totally wrong. It's not #FakeNews as such. It is, rather, idiotic non-news.
Somehow, ABC seems incapable of reporting anything that might show the Trump administration in a good light. Indeed, this is the rough equivalent of ABC reporting that the tax cuts passed last December are inflated because many people haven't yet received their larger tax refunds for 2018 (even though those refunds would never be due until early 2019.)
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