Saudi Arabia has significant financial interests in the USA including media outlets and financial companies such as Carlyle. They aren't happy with the politics of Donald Trump. That might help his ratings with the Republican base. It is unknown at this point if leaders of Saudi Arabia recognize him as a threat will enhance his favored status in the GOP. Quite frankly I am surprised at this Saudi interest, but, it does state there are meaning to words spoken in the USA.
I will say this much, Saudi leadership is astounded by Trump. Their brevity to his words may be due to his special status among Republicans in that he is independently financed. There is no influence by outside funding, including Carlyle. This is all new ground to the Saudis.
Typically, Saudis are considered inside friends of any Republican leader. We all know the famous relationship with the Bushs to the Saudi royal family. This is a complete departure from that at a time when violence has increased in the middle east.
8 December 2015
Washington: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump (click here) called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States, unleashing some of the most provocative and divisive remarks of his controversial presidential campaign.
The stunning statement followed last week’s mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalized by extremists, and landed with a thunderclap just as fellow presidential candidates were contemplating ways to improve national security.
His aides did not specify if the proposal would affect both tourists and immigrants, and did not say either if it would target American Muslims currently abroad....
Jordan is imposing new demands for visas out of Yemen. It is not unusual for Arab countries to focus on the movement of people into and out of their borders. That is also playing into the Saudi's decision about speaking out regarding Donald Trump's statements. The exclusion of certain people from moving across borders is a common practice, so Trump is hitting at the center of the religious. The counties in the middle east carry out visits to holy sites. When a country bans visas they are also prohibiting visits to holy sites and it matters.
December 7, 2015
I will say this much, Saudi leadership is astounded by Trump. Their brevity to his words may be due to his special status among Republicans in that he is independently financed. There is no influence by outside funding, including Carlyle. This is all new ground to the Saudis.
Typically, Saudis are considered inside friends of any Republican leader. We all know the famous relationship with the Bushs to the Saudi royal family. This is a complete departure from that at a time when violence has increased in the middle east.
8 December 2015
Washington: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump (click here) called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States, unleashing some of the most provocative and divisive remarks of his controversial presidential campaign.
The stunning statement followed last week’s mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalized by extremists, and landed with a thunderclap just as fellow presidential candidates were contemplating ways to improve national security.
His aides did not specify if the proposal would affect both tourists and immigrants, and did not say either if it would target American Muslims currently abroad....
Jordan is imposing new demands for visas out of Yemen. It is not unusual for Arab countries to focus on the movement of people into and out of their borders. That is also playing into the Saudi's decision about speaking out regarding Donald Trump's statements. The exclusion of certain people from moving across borders is a common practice, so Trump is hitting at the center of the religious. The counties in the middle east carry out visits to holy sites. When a country bans visas they are also prohibiting visits to holy sites and it matters.
December 7, 2015
Amman — Jordan will again regulate (click here) the entry of Yemenis to the country and
implement the concerned laws regarding their residency.
A
letter issued by the Yemeni embassy in Jordan, a copy of which was made
available to The Jordan Times, said Jordanian authorities informed the
embassy of the decision on Monday.
Entry
of Yemenis to Jordan will be “restricted” as they are required to
obtain a visa before entry and pay the required fees for that, as
indicated in the letter.
It
added, however, that Yemeni diplomats will be exempted from this
condition and they will not need an entry visa as of December 15, 2015....
It wouldn't surprise me if Donald Trump makes a trip to Saudi Arabia.
It wouldn't surprise me if Donald Trump makes a trip to Saudi Arabia.
AMMAN
— Jordan will again regulate the entry of Yemenis to the country and
implement the concerned laws regarding their residency.
A
letter issued by the Yemeni embassy in Jordan, a copy of which was made
available to The Jordan Times, said Jordanian authorities informed the
embassy of the decision on Monday.
Entry
of Yemenis to Jordan will be “restricted” as they are required to
obtain a visa before entry and pay the required fees for that, as
indicated in the letter.
It
added, however, that Yemeni diplomats will be exempted from this
condition and they will not need an entry visa as of December 15, 2015.
- See more at: http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/visa-requirement-re-imposed-yemenis#sthash.AXwPc5Jt.dpuf
