Arab Analyst: Saudi Capitals at US Service

Rasa - Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of Rai al-Youm newspaper, referred to US President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh, and warned that Washington is using Saudi Arabia's wealth and petrodollars to implement its plots in the region.

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Date: 21 May 2017 - 22:48

RNA - "In such conditions, Saudi Arabia's wealth is at the service of a plot whose goal is securing Israel's stability in the next decades and fighting anyone who opposes this plan," Atwan wrote on Sunday.

"Also, the Saudi money is being used to save the US economy and help Trump to act upon his promises during his presidential campaign on massive investment on the US infrastructures," he added.

Warning that the Saudi-US strategic view focuses on annihilation of any resistance groups against Israel, Atwan added that the reason for Riyadh's invitation to Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, who is an enemy of Hezbollah, and not Lebanese President Michel Aoun to the Arab leaders' meeting with Trump has been the same.

Trump landed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Beneath the symbolism remains the antagonism that Trump has fueled with his anti-Muslim views expressed both on the campaign trail and in the White House.

During the campaign, Trump said “Islam hates us,” proposed “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” floated the idea of monitoring US mosques and officially re-introduced the term “Islamic terrorism” in the American political parlance.

And, just seven days after taking office on January 20, Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.

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