TPM, Josh Marshall on Kushner/Saudis "Kushner"

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/kushner

By JOSH MARSHALL Published NOVEMBER 5, 2017 7:27 PM

This seems like a key paragraph in David Ignatius’s column on what appears to be unfolding in Saudi Arabia.

MBS is emboldened by strong support from President Trump and his inner circle, who see him as a kindred disrupter of the status quo — at once a wealthy tycoon and a populist insurgent. It was probably no accident that last month, Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, made a personal visit to Riyadh. The two princes are said to have stayed up until nearly 4 a.m. several nights, swapping stories and planning strategy.

Mohammed bin Salman is just 32 years old and only recently selected as Crown Prince by his 81 year old father who himself became King in 2015. I am not so naive as to think something so dramatic as this turns entirely on the US. But the US, or any great power with a close ally-verging-on-client state, is often a restraining force. Perhaps not so much about human rights or the rule of law but often when it comes to dramatic and possibly destabilizing actions. I would not discount the degree to which Trump and perhaps Kushner on his own offered a green light or even pushed the Crown Prince to be audacious.

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1. Jared who? The Saudis do not even remember his visit, let alone assign consequence to his existence.

Trump is angling for the Saudis to do a big IPO on the NY Stock Exchange. Kushner failed or we'd know he did not by now. Trump is in such deep shit and such a huge failure, no way he can get the Saudi king to do his bidding.

This has gotten so bad, Trump had to stoop to begging in a Tweet. That can only mean he has no other channel of communication!