you are known by the company you keep and so are nations, as in this case the empire is known by the countries it allies with;

US President Donald Trump made it loud and clear that he wants Saudi Arabia to pay more at a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday 27 April, reports the Daily Caller. The ardent champion of democracy said that he likes the Saudi leader, but the oil-rich Kingdom needs to pay more, considering that Washington ensures the personal protection of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his son Mohammed bin Salman:  “Look, Saudi Arabia, very rich country, we defend them, we subsidize Saudi Arabia. They have nothing but cash, right? … And they buy a lot from us, $450 billion they bought.”

It should be said that American society is clearly divided into two unequal parts when it comes to US relations with the Kingdom. After the CIA released statements about the key role played by the Crown Prince who could be the next Saudi King in the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, Donald Trump said that the United States would be “foolish” to call off arms deals with Saudi Arabia. At the same time, Trump noted “it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge” of the plan to kill Jamal Khashoggi in advance, but the United States, or rather the President of the United States, intends to remain a “steadfast partner” of Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Congress members have criticized Donald Trump for acting as a Saudi protégé, and insist that the Saudi rulers should not only be punished for the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but also for the unprovoked bombing of neighboring Yemen, which has killed tens of thousands of innocent Yemenis, including many children and elderly people. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have laid Yemen to waste, but they are still a long way off victory, writes international policy specialist Michael Horton in his article in The American Conservative.  The country’s infrastructure has been left in ruins and the most strategic regions are occupied by the invaders, yet after four years of war, Yemen has become a new “Vietnam” for troops from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Both monarchies have spent billions of dollars and pumped significant military resources into what eventually turned into a military quagmire of catastrophic proportions, and the intervention has only served to strengthen the legitimacy of the Houthis and Iran’s position behind them.

The shadow boxing taking place between Donald Trump and Congress has only been met with laughter. Many members of Congress criticize President Trump in the media, they set up various committees and commissions that allegedly investigate what their President has gotten up to, and threaten him with all kinds of punishments. For example, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary recently launched a new investigation which looks at Donald Trump election campaign, the activities of his presidential transition team after he had won the election, as well as the American leader’s business dealings. “Today, Chairman [of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Jerry] Nadler [a Democrat from New York] opened up a disgraceful and abusive investigation into tired, false allegations already investigated by the Special Counsel [Robert Mueller] and committees in both Chambers of Congress. Chairman Nadler and his fellow Democrats have embarked on this fishing expedition because they are terrified that their two-year false narrative of “Russia collusion” is crumbling.” – said White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders..........https://journal-neo.org/2019/05/10/usa-and-saudi-arabia-a-rider-and-horse-alliance/