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March 21, 2018

Trump & Saudi Crown Prince Finalize $12.5B Weapons Deal
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President Trump met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammad bin
Salman, on Tuesday at the White House, where they finalized a $12.5
billion weapons deal. Human rights groups warn the massive arms deal may
make the United States complicit in war crimes committed in the
Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. This is President Trump speaking
about the weapons deal.

President Donald Trump: "Some of the things that we are now working
on-thanks-and that have been ordered and will shortly be started in
construction and delivered: THAAD system, $13 billion; the C-130
heli-airplanes, the Hercules, great plane, $3.8 billion; the Bradley
vehicles, that's the tanks, $1.2 billion; and the P-8 Poseidons, $1.4
billion."



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