{"id":41706,"date":"2018-10-11T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/11\/trump-warns-halting-saudi-arms-sales-would-hurt-economy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:22:32","slug":"trump-warns-halting-saudi-arms-sales-would-hurt-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/10\/11\/trump-warns-halting-saudi-arms-sales-would-hurt-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns halting Saudi arms sales would hurt economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed reservations about halting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2018\/09\/20\/report-us-bomb-sales-factored-in-us-aid-to-saudis-in-yemen\/\" target=_blank>U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia<\/a> over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist, warning such a move \u201cwould be hurting us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has strengthened U.S. relations with Riyadh, touting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2017\/06\/08\/revealed-trump-s-110-billion-weapons-list-for-the-saudis\/\" target=\"_blank\">$110 billion package of proposed weapons sales<\/a> as a key economic achievement, but reports the Saudi government plotted the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its consulate in Turkey has added pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Wednesday night interview on Fox News, Trump said he would want to know what happened before committing to a response and expressed reluctance to halt arms sales to Riyadh, citing economic concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I think that would be hurting us. We have jobs. We have a lot of things happening in this country. We have a country that&#8217;s doing probably better economically than it&#8217;s ever done before,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPart of that is what we are doing with our defense systems, and everybody is wanting them, and frankly I think that would be a very, very tough pill to swallow for our country. I mean, you\u2019re affecting us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/10\/10\/us-senators-order-magnitsky-probe-as-riyadhs-capitol-hill-clout-plummets\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Saudi1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US senators order Magnitsky probe as Riyadh\u2019s Capitol Hill clout plummets<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">New controversy threatens to roil the rocky U.S.-Saudi relationship and casts a cloud over US-Saudi defense deals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Trump\u2019s first trip abroad as president, he visited Saudi Arabia and announced the massive arms sales package. U.S. ties have long been anchored by energy interests, counterterror cooperation and more recently U.S.-Saudi military cooperation in the Yemen civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2009, the executive branch has notified Congress of proposed foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia of major defense articles and services with a potential aggregate value of nearly $139 billion, according to a Congressional Research Service report. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia concluded arms sale agreements worth more than $65 billion, from fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Wednesday, Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and reviewed U.S. intelligence on the case, said it was likely that Khashoggi was killed the day he walked into the consulate. Whatever took place, Corker said, \u201cthere was Saudi involvement\u201d and \u201ceverything points to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 20 Republicans and Democratic senators on Wednesday instructed Trump to order a probe into Khashoggi\u2019s disappearance under legislation that authorizes imposition of sanctions for perpetrators of extrajudicial killings, torture or other gross human rights violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy on Thursday called for the administration to cease military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, citing reports that Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Murphy is part of a growing call in Congress to check U.S. support \u2014 which includes aerial refueling and arms sales \u2014 amid reports Saudi airstrikes have killed civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States cannot be in a military partnership with a country that has this little concern for human life,\u201d said Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. \u201cThe Saudis continue to claim that they aren\u2019t targeting civilians inside Yemen, but how can we believe them when they apparently just hunted down and murdered an American resident whose only offense was writing critical articles about the Saudi royal family? This is the right time to suspend our military support for the disastrous bombing campaign in Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/08\/27\/can-the-us-tell-when-its-weapons-are-used-in-yemen-its-complicated\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Yemen-Mocha.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can the US tell when its weapons are used in Yemen? It\u2019s complicated<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The issue of what U.S. equipment is being used and when is increasingly important when it comes to the war in Yemen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, Sen. Rand Paul, another member of the committee, called for a halt on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia until Khashoggi is found alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo me, this is just one more reason why we should be very suspect about selling arms to the Saudis,\u201d Paul, R-Ky., said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rand-paul-wants-to-cut-military-aid-to-saudis-until-missing-journalist-is-found-alive\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News interview<\/a>. \u201cIf they have the ability and also the audacity to go into another country and kill a journalist, these aren\u2019t the kind of people maybe that we want to be selling arms to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul also cited Saudi Arabia\u2019s intervention in neighboring Yemen\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat you do have evidence of is that the Saudis have been bombing civilians in Yemen for over a year now,\u201d he said. \u201cI think 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