Historic Stupidity | Trump designates Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally during crown prince's White House visit

Trump designates Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally during crown prince's White House visit

Snippet of Article: "..."It’s a special privilege to welcome his royal highness to Washington this year, as we mark the 80th anniversary of the first meeting between [a] U.S. President and a Saudi king," Trump said. "The two became immediate and warm friends … and right now you have the best friend you’ve ever had."...Trump also pointed to what he called the largest arms purchase in history — $142 billion in American military equipment and services..."

Source: www.foxnews.com

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Bad Moves By Trump | Trump announces major F-35 jet sale to 'great ally'

Trump announces major F-35 jet sale to 'great ally'

Snippet of Article: "...U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to let Saudi Arabia purchase F-35 stealth jets, in what would be a significant sale of advanced American military hardware to the Middle East. ...We will be selling F-35s."...would make Saudi Arabia the first U.S. security partner in the Middle East other than Israel to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II—a potential shift in Washington's policy of maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge.

Trump previously greenlit the sale of F-35s to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)... "

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Dangerous Decisions, The Trump Years, Sophisticated Aviation Technology Sales to the Middle East,

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Why does Trump suddenly want to protect dangerous U.S. national security risk TikTok? You should not be ok with this and we will pay the price eventually

TikTok Is a Threat to National Security

Snippet of Article: "...To curb foreign development of these and other dangerous AI capabilities, the government controls exports of semiconductors, the physical underpinning of AI. Equal emphasis, however, should be placed on cross-border transfers of large datasets, or bulk data, the fuel for generative AI systems. This means reexamining foreign controlled data-aggregation platforms, especially TikTok. ...Safeguarding this kind of data is important, but equally significant national security risks emerge from the flood of publicly posted videos. ..."

Source: www.rand.org

AI Dangers, DATA Collection and Storage Dangers, National Security Threats, Cyber Threats,

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