Why do career bureaucrats in Washington keep pushing military interventionism and irresponsible monetary policies? Because they face zero risk from the consequences of their decisions, said Nassim Nicholas Taleb during an appearance on the Liberty Report with former Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul and his co-host Daniel McAdams.
One can call Saudi Arabia - the world leader in weapons imports and decapitations per capita - many things, but a bastion of "democracy and moderation" is not one of them.
Some analyst, such as Beacon Advsiros, expected a diplomatic scandal as a worst case scenario outcome from Trump's keynote speech at the Arab Islamic American Summit in Saudi Arabia. That did not happen, and instead Trump delivered a speech that many pundits on both sides of the aisle said was better than expected, even if in a very strict sense.
Clocking in at just over 3,400 words, here is a full transcript of what Trump told Saudi Arabia and the world on Sunday afternoon.
it was supposed to be a relatively quiet weekend, after what may have been the most dramatic, "turmoily" week for political and market news in years. It wasn't.
Update: President Trump invoked the wrath of God and good versus evil in his Saudi Arabia address, declaring that terrorists "worship death" rather than any religion. The president said if people do not act against this organized terror, then "we know what will happen and what will be the end result." He said peaceful societies will become "engulfed in violence."
"Drive them out; drive them out of this earth" Trump implored his audience discussing terrorists: