Trump signs Kushner-negotiated $100B Saudi arms deal
Jeremy Diamond
Pressured to finalize a massive $ billion arms deal in the two weeks leading up to Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, Kushner hoped to maneuver a discount on Lockheed’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system during the Saudis’ visit to the White House on May 1 a request that Hewson said she would look into at the time.
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