When Lobbyists Meet Dictators: The Unholy Alliance of Washington and Riyadh
📰 THE STORY: Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson spoke at a Saudi business forum in Riyadh, a seemingly improbable pairing that mainstream outlets framed as a testament to Saudi Arabia's evolving global influence and its efforts to diversify its economy. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 2015, just months before Hillary Clinton announced her presidential bid, the Clinton
Foundation received a $10 million donation from Saudi Arabia. This was after her tenure as Secretary of State where she approved massive arms sales to the kingdom. This pattern of 'donations' preceding or following official influence is a well-trodden path. Let's not forget the 1970s and 80s, when the US deliberately cultivated its relationship with the House of Saud, overlooking egregious human
rights abuses, specifically to counter Soviet influence and secure oil supply. The current Saudi 'modernization' narrative serves to whitewash decades of repression and its ongoing war in Yemen, which has killed over 377,000 people since 2014, largely with US-supplied weaponry. Double Standard: When Venezuelan officials or leaders of other nations targeted by Western sanctions meet with figures
seen as sympathetic to their struggles, it's condemned as 'collaboration with dictators' or 'undermining democracy.' Juan Guaidó, a US-anointed puppet who never held actual power, was lauded by Western media. Yet, when former high-ranking US officials and prominent media personalities cash in by legitimizing one of the world's most autocratic regimes responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi,