Trump comes to Riyadh as Saudi Arabia bankrupts itself
US President Donald Trump’s choice of Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip has provoked some criticism.
It is not difficult to understand why.
Whilst the US claims to be the leader of the “free world” the embarrassing reality is that its most important Middle East ally is a repressive autocratic Wahhabist monarchy. Whilst Donald Trump says the destruction of Jihadi terrorism is his priority, Saudi Arabia – as everyone knows – is the country that bankrolls most of this terrorism.
