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'We put our man on top', Trump said on bin Salman, book reveals
2018-01-06
Real or fabulist? See more from and about the book here.
[PRESSTV] A new book based on interviews purportedly coming from White House insiders has revealed that US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
was behind the elevation of Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
as of 2016....

to the position of Saudi Arabia's crown prince last year.

The claim is included in the book titled Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House which went on sale on Friday. Michael Wolff said on Friday his book is based on more than 200 interviews with Trump and his close aides.

"We've put our man on top," Trump is said to have claimed to friends, according to the book, after Saudi King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians....
ousted his nephew Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as next-in-line to the throne and made his then-31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman, the new crown prince in June 2017.
Posted by:Fred

#5  See "A Million Little Pieces."
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-01-06 15:17  

#4  I seriously doubt the US had a lot of say, especially a brand new President that was facing turmoil.

I suspect Bannon is behind the bulk of the anonymous quotes.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-01-06 12:45  

#3  I suppose that depends on how much of it you want to believe, and if you're allowed to pick and choose.
Posted by: gorb   2018-01-06 09:34  

#2  As believable as the rest of the book?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-01-06 04:19  

#1  He may become a very fitting King for the House of Saud. He was my pick. The others were listless and focused not on futures.

If you want to save the Moslem World, Save it.
Don't start knocking on GODS door in Yerusalem to place blame.

You own the blame.
Posted by: newc   2018-01-06 01:28  

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