#mohammed bin salman

[liberalsarecool]

The rapist dines with the bone-cutter.

These are the gentlemen archetypes of MAGA.

Trump servile obsequiousness towards MbS is the epitome of cuck behavior. MAGA loves it.

Dictators fawning as their subjects starve is peak conservative behavior.

[themisinformer]

Trump Welcomed in Saudi Arabia With Public Execution Display

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Calling it the best greeting that he’s ever received from a foreign country, President Donald Trump was welcomed in Saudi Arabia Tuesday with a red carpet, a crowd of cheering patrons, and a front row seat to a public execution that was held in his honor.

The ceremony included a display of convicted journalists, activists, religious minorities and homosexuals, all of whom were publicly beheaded in front of a large crowd, with President Trump and the Saudi Royal Family in the front row.

“You see? This is how you treat a world leader,” Trump reportedly told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “I’ve been to a lot of ceremonies. A lot. But this? I’ve never been to a ceremony like this before. A ceremony that treats its guest with such a terrific welcome — a welcome that people are willing to take their own lives over. It’s tremendous — spectacular, really.”

Trump also expressed interest in having public executions in the United States. “I’ve been telling them that we need to start doing what they’re doing in Saudi Arabia,” Trump said. “The people in Saudi Arabia have such respect and dignity because they live in a constant state of fear. They still have shame. But whenever I bring this up the left always goes on about ‘human rights’ and ‘tolerance.’ You won’t even believe how bad wokeness has gotten in our country!”

Mohammed bin Salman praised the event as a symbol of the nation’s “shared values,” something that both nations hope to bring to light during Trump’s visit to the country.

[royal-confessions]

“Say what you want about MBS but atleast he played a somewhat positive role during Israel-Iran war. He immediately called leaders of USA, UK, turkey, france, italy, greece, iran to stop the war. Saudis have also never shot down any (houthi) drones headed towards Israel. Yet, JRF have bent over backwards for Israel and harmed their own people + Iranians. Abdullah & Hussein keep lying about being a crucial Israeli ally and Rajwa, Rania keep promoting zionist brands. JRF PUBLICLY supports genocide.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[gregor-samsung]

" Sottomissione di Michel Houellebecq, in cui si svolge l’incontro tra i due personaggi, è uno dei pochi romanzi che sa raccontare il nuovo secolo europeo, e in particolare lo scacco culturale, oltre che economico, del continente. Chi sono i due protagonisti dell'incontro sulla terrazza dell'Istituto del mondo arabo? Mentre Mohammed Ben Abbes non esiste, il “principe saudita” esiste, anche se lo scrittore non lo dice. Per un curioso scherzo della storia, Mohammed Bin Salman diventa ministro della difesa e presidente del Consiglio per gli affari economici e di sviluppo dell'Arabia Saudita proprio nel gennaio 2015, lo stesso mese in cui esce il romanzo di Houellebecq, a pochi giorni dall'attentato alla sede di Charlie Hebdo a Parigi.

Da quel momento Mohammed Bin Salman consolida il potere, attraverso la gestione delle operazioni belliche in Yemen, che generano una tragedia umanitaria di lungo corso, e attraverso un nuovo profilo della monarchia dell'Arabia Saudita, il Paese centrale tra le petromonarchie del Golfo. In particolare, Mohammed Bin Salman lancia un ampio progetto di trasformazione dell'economia e della società saudita, Vision 2030, puntualmente amplificato dalle pubblicazioni economiche internazionali, attraverso una cassa di risonanza senza precedenti. All'inizio del 2016 viene annunciata la quotazione del gigante petrolifero Saudi Aramco, per un valore di “trilioni di dollari”, secondo le opinioni saudite riportate da The Economist. Il settimanale britannico chiede a Bin Salman se sta preparando in Arabia Saudita la rivoluzione di Margaret Thatcher, e lui annuisce con convinzione. Nel 2016 è di moda identificare il viceprincipe ereditario attraverso le sue iniziali, MBS, e rivendicare familiarità col suo profilo dinamico. MBS indossa giacca, camicia e jeans mentre incontra Mark Zuckerberg, abbigliato con la tradizionale t-shirt. Ciò desta attenzione, e in alcuni casi commozione: jeans e t-shirt segnano un tornante della storia. Il viceprincipe ereditario conquista la parola-pigliatutto del XXI secolo, “innovazione”, prima di conquistare l’eredità formale del trono saudita nel 2017, procedendo alla deposizione dell'erede designato Muhammad Bin Nayef, fino a quel momento personaggio di fiducia degli apparati americani. Fino a quando, a fine 2018, il giornalista saudita Jamal Khashoggi diviene irreperibile. È stato ucciso, e poi con ogni probabilità fatto a pezzi, all'interno del consolato saudita a Istanbul. Nelle copertine pochi mesi prima irretite dalla trasformazione saudita verso il 2030, viene esposta l’indignazione per la morte di Khasoggi, simbolo della libertà di stampa. Anche questo è il capitalismo. "

Alessandro Aresu, Le potenze del capitalismo politico. Stati Uniti e Cina, La nave di Teseo (collana Krisis -diretta da Massimo Cacciari e Natalino Irti- n°4), febbraio 2020. [Libro elettronico]

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will lift sanctions on Syria “to give them a chance at greatness”—a stunning reversal of decades of U.S. foreign policy, made at the request of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The move comes ahead of Trump’s meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel leader who took power after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. According to the White House, the two leaders will meet on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia. “Syria, they’ve had their share of travesty, war, [and] killing in many years. That’s why my administration has already taken the first steps toward restoring normal relations between the United States and Syria for the first time in more than a decade,” Trump said during the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” he continued. “It’s their time to shine. We’re taking them all off. Good luck, Syria, show us something very special.” According to NBC News, Trump went on to outline what he described as a new vision for the Middle East—one built on economic partnerships and technological advancement, which he framed as a cure for the region’s long-standing divisions. That vision diverges wildly from decades of bipartisan U.S. policy on Syria, which had been designated a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979 under the previous Assad regime. Under new leadership, there is now strong domestic bipartisan support, as well as international consensus, for giving Syria’s new government a chance to succeed. 

[...] As he cozies up to Syria’s new rulers, Trump has trashed NATO allies and mocked Canada, even floating nonsense about making it the 51st state. It’s not about principles; it’s about what Trump can get out of it. In this case, reports are already circulating about a potential new Trump Tower in Syria’s capital, Damascus.

Donald Trump has proven time and time again he does the bidding of Saudi interests, as he announced the lifting the sanctions against Syria.

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[anthroxlove]

Guess Who's Johnny Depp's New Bestie?

"If you guessed MBS, congratulations. I guess you had that on your 2024 bingo card.

In case you forgot, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ordered a hit on journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was chopped into little pieces by Saudi agents at a consulate in Turkey."

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[odinsblog]

No one loves Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman more than America’s elite. In recent years, we’ve seen leaders, investors, and celebrities hold out a Saudi exception to human rights in the service of a blurry concept of national interests that requires the U.S. to constantly compromise its values in service of an autocrat. And so MBS has been welcomed back into the establishment fold, and he won over Washington. And now he’s taking a victory lap.

When Saudi Arabia convened a 2018 summit in Riyadh, businesspeople shielded their name tags from view, sheepish about seeking MBS’s money just days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. But the stigma has apparently worn off, and big names in finance, tech, media, and entertainment showed up at the Miami edition of Davos in the Desert.

The entire conceit of the conference is that Saudi Arabia can be abstracted from MBS, who is hardly ever mentioned yet remains the unspoken force behind the events. The host, the Future Investment Initiative Institute, a mouthful, is essentially the crown prince’s personal think tank. Session after session offered platitudes and ruminations on the least controversial ideas ever—AI is going to change the world! Climate is important! Sports bring people together! The two-day gathering was titled “On the Edge of a New Frontier,” itself a sort of redundant name. (Isn’t a frontier an edge?)

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of a major sovereign wealth fund that’s currently under Senate investigation, led the proceedings. The Public Investment Fund that Al-Rumayyan runs is the conference’s founding partner and powers its lavish events. That Al-Rumayyan has $70 billion in annual investments to dole out is enough to draw out financial titans, curious entrepreneurs, and former Trump officials.

Jared Kushner, who had grown a beard, was talking about his theory of investing, without noting that MBS’s sovereign wealth funds had reportedly contributed $2 billion to his Affinity Partners. Steve Mnuchin, who similarly snared $1 billion of Saudi funds for his Liberty Strategic Capital, wore a suit and dress sneakers and talked about Israel as a tech hub. Mike Pompeo, in a tie, said that U.S. leadership in the world requires a “stability model” that involves working with “like-minded nations,” though “they’re not all going to be democracies.” Little wonder he rushed U.S. arms to Saudi Arabia as secretary of state as part of an end run around Congress.

Doing business with Saudi Arabia has become so normalized that the CEOs of major corporations and investment firms showed up in droves. There was Accenture’s Julie Sweet, Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, and Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby. David Rubenstein—the billionaire who has played host to President Joe Biden at his Nantucket estate—spoke alongside his daughter Gabrielle. (This year, the Biden administration didn’t send an emissary, but the deputy commerce secretary, Donald Graves, attended in 2021.)

Journalists have kept a distance from Saudi Arabia after the dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Khashoggi, but in Miami the moderators included CNN’s Bianna Golodryga, Fox’s Maria Bartiromo, Bloomberg’s Manus Cranny, and The Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker.

MBS has especially used boldfaced names to rehabilitate his standing post-Khashoggi, his crackdown on women activists, and the destructive Yemen war. In Miami, there was a fireside chat with failed Senate candidate Dr. Oz. “Saudi Arabia is, I think, doing some wise investing and shifting mindsets by trying to leapfrog, in some cases, where the West is,” Oz said.

For Gwyneth Paltrow, it was just another fun public event. She spoke about how Goop had “built meaning” for its fans, in conversation with entrepreneur Moj Mahdara, a former adviser to Hillary Clinton. It was particularly incongruous when Paltrow discussed bringing more women to the cap table to fight the patriarchy.

Rob Lowe had some advice for Riyadh’s efforts to break into Hollywood and create its own film industry. “My view is there’s no reason that Saudi shouldn’t be the leader in IP in the same way they’re attempting to be the leader in sports and everything else,” Lowe said. “You need to have someone who can communicate: Why Saudi, why now.”

For all of the glitzy stage management and slick social media branding, at many moments there were fewer than 50 people watching the livestream on YouTube. But what mattered more were the opinion leaders, financiers, and tycoons in the room.

Big Tech was there, too, with Google’s Caroline Yap and Dell’s Michael Dell. Nothing was quite as obsequious as last year’s gathering in Miami when Adam Neumann, Marc Andreessen, and Ben Horowitz—all beneficiaries of Saudi Arabia’s financial largesse—gushed about how MBS is like a “founder,” except “you call him, ‘His Royal Highness.’”

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[deadpresidents]

You have mentioned your interest in reading about Saudi Arabia and I share your interest, so I want to know if you think the crown prince will actually become king eventually?

Yes, without a doubt. The Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), is already the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia and has instituted major economic, cultural, and religious reforms over the past few years that have dramatically changed Saudi Arabia. (Of course, he has also been responsible for some impulsive foreign policy disasters and brutal human rights violations.) With the possible exception of the Emirati leader, Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), the Saudi Crown Prince is already the most powerful leader in the Arab world.

King Salman is still alive (at least he was a few minutes ago), so he is officially in charge, but the King is nearly 88 years old and it is believed that he has been in failing health for a while now. It's not unusual for there to be a de factor ruler while the Saudi King is still living, and in every instance that de facto ruler ultimately succeeded the King. King Saud was forced to hand over power to the future King Faisal because Saud was utterly incompetent and unfit to effectively rule the country. King Khalid, who had assumed the throne when Faisal was assassinated in 1975, handed the reins over to future King Fahd because his health was failing. Fahd suffered a massive stroke in the 1990s, and future King Abdullah stepped in as de facto ruler until he was proclaimed King upon Fahd's death. So there's a lot of precedent for the de facto ruler to eventually become King in his own right. MBS has taken about as much control over Saudi Arabia as possible while still respecting the position of his father, but he's undoubtedly the person calling the shots and he's seemingly (and, in some cases, publicly) sidelined any potential threats to his rule once King Salman dies or abdicates.

Unless there is some shocking turn of events -- and it would probably take nothing short of a revolution at this point -- MBS will eventually succeed his father as King. That will make him the first grandson of Ibn Saud, the founder of the modern Saudi state, to become King. Since the death of Ibn Saud in 1953, every one of his successors as King of Saudi Arabia has been one of his roughly 50 sons. And because MBS is still so young (he's only 38 years old right now), he will likely have the opportunity to rule Saudi Arabia and become the most influential leader in the Middle East for decades to come.

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[royal-confessions]

“I wonder if Bezos knows Rajwa is related to MBS LOL” - Submitted by Anonymous

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[aunti-christ-ine]

RIGGED SYSTEM!

Elon Musk says you can say anything you want on Twitter "X" . . . but his biggest investor might kill you if you do.

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