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What a deal — for the Saudis

President Donald Trump signed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the homeland of 15 of the 19 9/11 terrorists. Genius, I say, genius.

Oh, that’s right. The Saudis have lots of oil and they are our “allies” in the region — even though they sent zero troops to help us in the Iraq war. I see. But the arms deal is going to create “yuge” jobs — in Saudi Arabia.

Onward and upward, President Trump.

Bob Sutton

Springfield

This story was originally published May 26, 2017 at 5:52 PM with the headline "What a deal — for the Saudis."

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