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Trump helped out the saudis at least a few very important times, and we let them buy patriot missile systems regularly. We literally went to war with one of their rivals after the saudi royal family funded the people that attacked the World Trade Center.

They also like to do funny business with oil prices around election time when there is a Democrat in the oval office.

There is still a lot of love for the saudis, at least in the republican party.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_rela....

>The Saudi leadership opposed the U.S. plan to invade Iraq in 2003 and did not join the Coalition. Their fears and warnings that Iraq would fracture along sectarian and political lines proved accurate.

>What was worse for Saudi Arabia was the strengthening of the Shi'ites in Iraq, seen as Iran's proxy. This drew the Iranian threat much larger for the Kingdom. Iraq, as a result of being now ruled by Shi'ites, have chosen Iran over Saudi Arabia as their closer ally.

Actually we didn't. The Saudis ewanted more us involvement vs iran during drone strikes on oil facilities origniating from either iraq or iran and yemen.

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