March 2017: After less than two months in office, Trump sets about forging the kind of cozy relationship he once criticized.2016: On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly complains about Saudi Arabia taking advantage of the United States, repeating his line about the Saudi government crumbling without U.S.Security Council because “they don’t want responsibility. 2013: He accuses the Saudis of turning down a seat on the U.N.“Do we still want a President who bows to the Saudis and lets OPEC rip us off?” he muses in a tweet. 2012: Trump joins with Republicans in bashing Barack Obama for appearing to bow to the Saudi royals.Bush: “We have a president that goes to Saudi Arabia and wraps his arms around these people and says, you know, ‘We love you, we love you, we love you.’ The next day they announce they’re not going to do anything for us.” He suggests the Saudis provided a haven for Osama bin Laden. 2008: Trump tells Howard Stern about George W.2004: Trump tells Playboy that “the Saudi government would be overthrown in about 15 seconds if we weren’t protecting Saudi Arabia.”.“I mean, the money they make, and then when we wanted to go over and fly our planes and land our planes in Saudi Arabia, in the war, to protect them, they didn’t want us on their land,” he said.
1999: Trump appears on Fox News and accuses the Saudis of being bad partners.1987: Trump pays nearly $100,000 for ads in major newspapers, including The Washington Post, criticizing Saudi Arabia, among other countries, for taking advantage of American patronage.
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