Trump 'Starts Working' on Sudan, After MBS Remembers it Exists
The United States has watched Sudan descend into a devastating civil war, claiming an estimated 150,000 lives, for well over a year. The conflict spiraled after the military coup in October 2021—a coup that the US, through prior diplomacy, had a hand in enabling by normalizing the generals. Now, a mere 'request' from MBS means a suddenly 'deepened involvement.' One might question why thousands of
Sudanese lives weren't enough to spur US action, but a casual chat with a Saudi prince is. This isn't about humanitarian concern, it's about shifting geopolitical chess pieces on a board the US largely ignores until it serves a specific (read: transactional) purpose. The timing raises a particularly cynical eyebrow given that MBS's own record on human rights is hardly exemplary, yet his word
apparently holds more sway than the pleas of millions affected by a very real, documented atrocity. It’s almost as if the 'brutal' descriptor only matters when it's politically convenient.