Hypocrisy reigns in Trumpland
REMEMBER the mantra “Lock her up” bellowed by Trump supporters at Hilary Clinton during the presidential campaign. In fact, they are still at it. This all revolved around the use of a private email address on government business, clearly against regulations.
Well, now Ivanka Trump, the President’s so-called special advisor, has been caught doing exactly the same thing. What blatant hypocrisy.
Still, much more disturbing things are afoot and it relates to the simply appalling torture and murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
It now transpires there are unconfirmed reports the CIA is in possession of a recording made by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, giving instructions to, “Silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible”.
This comes days after Mr Trump issued a bizarre statement subtitled “American First!” in which he concluded MBS, as the Crown
Ivanka Trump Prince is called, “maybe he did, and maybe he didn’t” have knowledge of the murder.
Well perhaps the Donald should have paid a little attention to MBS’ new nickname, Mr Bone Saw. Kind of says it all considering it now looks almost certain Khashoggi was chopped up on the Prince’s instructions.
But what of Trump’s justification for effectively protecting MBS? He says he is saving US jobs in the armaments industry, but in so doing he has grossly exaggerated the number of jobs involved.
MBS is a dangerous and reckless leader in one of the most volatile regions in the world. He is conducting a proxy war in the Yemen which is on the brink of causing an epic humanitarian catastrophe.
All of this leads one to the conclusion that Donald Trump is one of the most dangerous and inept of America’s presidents – and I haven’t even started on climate change.