Anonymous ID: 25cdeb Oct. 21, 2018, 3:56 p.m. No.3556096   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6318

Coming from LG this is quite the statement:

 

LINDSEY GRAHAM TURNS ON SAUDI CROWN PRINCE: ‘I NEVER FELT MORE USED’

 

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham took a moment on Sunday to reflect on his once-friendly relationship with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman — and made it abundantly clear that was all in the past.

 

“I never felt more used in my life,” Graham told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I introduced him when he was in Washington.”“I never felt more used in my life. I introduced him when he was in Washington,”

Graham continued. “I think his behavior is way outside civilized norms, and I will never go back as long as he’s there … You will never convince me he didn’t do this, and our values ought to mean something.”

“I don’t think it’s credible at all,” Graham said of the Saudi state media’s report that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fist fight. “It’s ridiculous to believe 18 people would go to Turkey to kill Mr. Khashoggi and nobody in the government know about it. He was clearly murdered in the consulate.”

“We will find out more, I like the president’s measured response. I like the idea that he wants to consult with Congress about what to do. They are an ally, but they need us more than we need them.”

 

https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/21/lindsey-graham-saudi-crown-prince/

Anonymous ID: 25cdeb Oct. 21, 2018, 4:23 p.m. No.3556392   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Fact Check: Do only 9% of Oil Imports Come From Saudi Arabia? Yes

 

The U.S. received 9.4 percent of its total petroleum imports from Saudi Arabia in 2017.

Saudi Arabia is still second behind Canada in terms of total U.S. imports. In 2017, Canada exported 4.1 million barrels of petroleum a day to the U.S., accounting for 40 percent of America’s oil imports. Canadian imports have increased dramatically, having only made up 15 percent of imports in 1994. Mexico (7 percent), Venezuela (7 percent) and Iraq (6 percent) were also major suppliers to the U.S. in 2017.

 

One of the most common ways to measure a nation’s dependence on foreign oil is to compare total net imports (imports minus exports) to total product consumption. The U.S. relied on net imports for about 19 percent of its total petroleum consumption in 2017, the lowest percentage since 1967.

U.S. production of crude oil has increased greatly over the last decade, rising from 5 million barrels per day in 2008 to 9.4 million barrels per day in 2017. The EIA reports that 12 percent of the world’s crude oil production came from the U.S. in 2017.

Five states – Texas, North Dakota, Alaska, California and New Mexico – accounted for 65 percent of all U.S. crude oil production in 2017.

 

http://checkyourfact.com/2018/10/21/fact-check-do-only-9-percent-of-oil-imports-come-from-saudi-arabia/

Anonymous ID: 25cdeb Oct. 21, 2018, 4:32 p.m. No.3556514   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6631

Michael Avenatti backs off Texas 'resistance' rally on same day as Trump's

 

Michael Avenatti has backed off his pledge to hold a "resistance" rally in Texas on the same day President Trump holds one for Sen. Ted Cruz in Houston.

As the Trump campaign announced that more than 100,000 requests were made for tickets for the event Monday, Avenatti told Geoff Bennett of NBC News that a scheduling conflict prevented him from holding a counter-rally.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-avenatti-backs-off-texas-resistance-rally-on-same-day-as-trumps