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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:49 PM

sabra (30,340 posts)

Kushner to visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar seeking deal to end crisis

Source: Axios

Jared Kushner will travel in the coming days to Saudi Arabia and Qatar in a last-ditch effort to resolve the dispute between the Gulf countries.

Why it matters: Fixing the rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar would bring a sense of stability back to the Gulf and notch a last-minute achievement for Kushner and the Trump administration before Jan. 20.

Background: In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and other Sunni states severed ties with Qatar and closed their airspace and sea routes to Qatari planes and vessels. They claimed their decision was based on Qatar's support for terror groups and relations with Iran.

The U.S. maintains close ties with both Qatar and its rivals, but the Trump administration's several attempts to reconcile the parties were unsuccessful.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/kushner-visit-saudi-arabia-qatar-gulf-crisis-121cb422-ef27-4174-914c-ef8666972ab5.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

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Kushner to visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar seeking deal to end crisis (Original post)	sabra	Nov 29	OP
Stay there, Jared.	mpcamb	Nov 29	#1
He just might be exploring exit strategies for the whole lot of them.	brush	Nov 30	#20
Far off-shore, far, far away. Expidite or send in SEAL Team 6. Drag his ass back here for trial.	mpcamb	Nov 30	#22
I like the Seal Team 6 recommendation.	brush	Nov 30	#23
He'll be taking suitcases of money	C_U_L8R	Nov 29	#2
And suitcases of documents?	Retrograde	Nov 29	#4
They went to Jared	soothsayer	Nov 29	#3
I heard that he and Ivanka were looking for new digs ...	GeorgeGist	Nov 29	#5
That's what I think, too	cp	Nov 29	#6
Just the Trumps' crisis, but I'll buy that.	mahina	Nov 29	#7
Jared-of-all-trades on the diplomatic front.	keithbvadu2	Nov 29	#8
Probably marketing...	2naSalit	Nov 29	#9
The Lord of War Toys will offer deals for those who want more hardware at a discount.	Ford_Prefect	Nov 29	#10
This.	dhol82	Nov 29	#11
He'll fuck it up	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Nov 29	#12
The book closes on sure things.	marble falls	Nov 30	#16
They should tell him to meet them at their	Mr.Bill	Nov 29	#13
In other news, a plane loaded with covid vaccine just flew from Belgium to Chicago.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Nov 30	#14
Or negotiating for a hide out?	marble falls	Nov 30	#15
Burying more evidence.	halfulglas	Nov 30	#17
What could go wrong there?	Initech	Nov 30	#18
Sickening.	BlueStater	Nov 30	#19
Sure, Jared will fix it	pfitz59	Nov 30	#21

Response to sabra (Original post)

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:50 PM

mpcamb (2,374 posts)

1. Stay there, Jared.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 04:31 PM

brush (33,322 posts)

20. He just might be exploring exit strategies for the whole lot of them.

I wouldn't be surprised if a defector-r-them mode is in effect to avoid legal issues after Jan. 20.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 06:54 PM

mpcamb (2,374 posts)

22. Far off-shore, far, far away. Expidite or send in SEAL Team 6. Drag his ass back here for trial.

(can't help feeling a bit better about firing squads, when appropriate, of course.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 07:57 PM

brush (33,322 posts)

23. I like the Seal Team 6 recommendation.

Drag trump back without his hair and face products and the only orange we see when he appears in court is his jumpsuit.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:53 PM

C_U_L8R (39,641 posts)

2. He'll be taking suitcases of money

To stash far away from the New York State investigators.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:59 PM

Retrograde (7,542 posts)

4. And suitcases of documents?

Or in this day and age, pockets full of thumbdrives?

Jared is in my top ten of Trump "officials" I'd like investigated come January 21.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 04:53 PM

soothsayer (31,489 posts)

3. They went to Jared

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 05:07 PM

GeorgeGist (23,724 posts)

5. I heard that he and Ivanka were looking for new digs ...

other than prison.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 05:09 PM

cp (3,080 posts)

6. That's what I think, too

Running scared. Also the Saudis own him (real estate debt). Good riddance!

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 05:26 PM

mahina (12,638 posts)

7. Just the Trumps' crisis, but I'll buy that.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 06:07 PM

keithbvadu2 (19,149 posts)

8. Jared-of-all-trades on the diplomatic front.

Jared-of-all-trades on the diplomatic front.

Has he got the Palestinians all fixed up yet?

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:10 PM

2naSalit (47,389 posts)

9. Probably marketing...

State secrets while he still has access. He's in debt and is looking for refuge outside the US. I wonder who will tell him he can go there and then turn on him.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:12 PM

Ford_Prefect (3,901 posts)

10. The Lord of War Toys will offer deals for those who want more hardware at a discount.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 07:21 PM

dhol82 (8,408 posts)

11. This.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 09:34 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (59,931 posts)

12. He'll fuck it up

Bet on it.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 08:35 AM

marble falls (35,890 posts)

16. The book closes on sure things.

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Sun Nov 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

Mr.Bill (10,667 posts)

13. They should tell him to meet them at their

embassy in Turkey.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 05:20 AM

JustABozoOnThisBus (20,495 posts)

14. In other news, a plane loaded with covid vaccine just flew from Belgium to Chicago.

C'mon, Jared, you gotta send your stormtroopers to seize the vaccine. There's a profit to be made. This stuff is better than stockpiles of PPE or ventilators.

Quit wasting time with "Middle East Peace". Unless, of course, there's a profit in it for you.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 08:34 AM

marble falls (35,890 posts)

15. Or negotiating for a hide out?

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:36 AM

halfulglas (173 posts)

17. Burying more evidence.

So much of the shit that has come out about underhanded dealings, I think there is so much more to come out, but he never thought he would have to bury all of it if Trump had pulled off his second term and beyond. Now he's trying to check the strings to see how many of the strings can be traced directly to him and how to bury them.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:08 PM

Initech (85,704 posts)

18. What could go wrong there?

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:12 PM

BlueStater (7,168 posts)

19. Sickening.

Thank goodness we only have to put up with this skinny asshole badly pretending to be a diplomat for 50 more days.

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Mon Nov 30, 2020, 04:51 PM

pfitz59 (8,159 posts)

21. Sure, Jared will fix it

He's given such astute advice these past 4 years...

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