Media Blackout As Trumps Secretary Of State Oversees Exxon-Saudi Deal

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The Washington Journal
Media Blackout As Trump’s Secretary Of State Oversees Exxon-Saudi Deal

By Benjamin Locke
Politics | Published on May 30, 2017


While the big U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia was highly publicized during President Trump’s first foreign trip, another notable business deal was signed that similarly raises serious ethical and legal questions about the role of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the key details of which were kept mostly hidden from American media.

Tillerson, who spent a decade as CEO of the giant U.S. based energy conglomerate ExxonMobil, was joined by President Trump at the Al-Yamamah Palace for the signing of a huge deal with the state-owned Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SBIC), according to DesmogBlog.com.

No American media who accompanied the president were invited to cover about the signing of an agreement to conduct a study that is expected to lead to the construction of a $10 billion facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. Owned jointly owned by Saudi Arabia and ExxonMobil, it will process natural gas produced by hydraulic fracking into a salable product.

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Owned jointly owned by Saudi Arabia and ExxonMobil, the 1,300-acre plant will process natural gas produced by fracking in Texas and elsewhere into a saleable product by around 2021.

The site, which will be subsidized by millions in local tax breaks, was chosen after a bidding war among a number of southwestern communities. When built, it will be the largest fracking processor in the world.

The signing event attended by high-level officials from Saudi Arabia, the current CEO of ExxonMobil, Trump, Tillerson and others was covered by the official Saudi Arabian news agency, which also provided pictures for its subscribers.

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http://washingtonjournal.com/2017/05/30/media-blackout-trumps-secretary-state-oversees-exxon-saudi-deal/

[ghostsinthemachine]

1. Nothing to see here...Move along

[L. Coyote]

2. Is this why the Trumps got a $100,000,000 kickback?

Makes more sense than the arms deal.

[Docreed2003]

3. Grift...grift...grift...

These fuckers are brazenly filling their coffers without any hint of contrition. We have no functioning executive branch...it's become a corporate cash cow, and they're throwing it in our face!