Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz
A refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort for oil tankers passing through the strait of Hormuz lay behind Donald Trump’s decision to shelve the plan days after it had been launched.
Riyadh told the White House it would not allow its Prince Sultan airbase to be used to mount the operation billed as Project Freedom, which the US presented as the successor to the bombing campaign called Operation Epic Fury.
Saudi Arabia refused to drop its objections despite a personal call between the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and Trump, NBC reported.
The confrontation – not denied by Riyadh – underlines Saudi Arabia’s desire for a permanent end to the damaging US-Israel war on Iran on almost any terms, in contrast to its more assertive Gulf neighbour, the United Arab Emirates.
Oh here he comes saying they’re a terrible country… Right!?! Like he did to Spain and France… Right!!! Oh no his financiers don’t get the same treatment as our countries allies? What??? That’s unbelievable
I can only imagine how utterly stupid that “personal call” was.
I can imagine the prince just putting the phone down on the desk while Trump just word salads his way through the last thing he saw on TV.
The ballroom is going to be so great dude… You should come by when I complete it. It’ll be great if you wanted to contribute to the fund, it’s going to be like a billion bucks bro. Let’s have some McDonald’s, have you heard of it before? People say it’s the best.
By far the most OP move in this war has been Iran decimating US bases in the region
Every Arab state that isn’t a global leader in the “models shitting on dudes” market, realizes their only viable path forward will be a mix of diplomacy and reparations.
