U.S. President Donald Trump (L) waits for the start of an event with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (2-R) and Gulf Cooperation Council leaders at their summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Joe Gould, Defense News: Will Congress really cancel US-Saudi arms deals? It’s complicated, but let us explain
WASHINGTON — Have you been wondering whether U.S.-Saudi arms deals can survive allegations the Saudi government killed Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi?
Yeah, so are we.
A growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers, mostly Senate Democrats, say its time to cut the kingdom off. But President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that’s a no-go, with $110 billion in proposed deals hanging in the balance. (Of that total, Saudi Arabia has signed letters of offer and acceptance for $14.5 billion in “helicopters, tanks, ships, weapons, and training,” according to the Pentagon.)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has a months long hold on the proposed sale of U.S. precision-guided bomb kits to Saudi Arabia.
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WNU Editor: We are talking big money .... President Trump Signs Massive $350 Billion Arms Deal With The Saudi King (May 20, 2017). So no. Congress is not going to cancel U.S.-Saudi arms deals.
