How Trump Treats Saudi Allies "He Didn't Think He'd Be Kissing My Ass"

04-03-2026 • Activist Post - Mish Shedlock

That comment is on tape at Trump's Future Investment conference.

New Level of Crassness

This following a clip from President Donald Trump's speech at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Priority Summit.

Trump: "He [Saudi Arabia's MBS] didn't think he'd be kissing my ass... But now he has to be nice to me. You tell him he'd better be nice to me."

This is the choice the GCC will face after this war. If it moves toward deeper dependence on the US to balance Iran, they will become… pic.twitter.com/A1FqIhU2L2
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) March 28, 2026

"He didn't think he'd be kissing my ass. But now he has to be nice to me. You tell him he'd better be nice to me."

If I am not mistaken, that is a new low in diplomatic idiocy, on video display to the entire world.

And the irony is staggering. Trump started this war that no one in the Mideast wanted except Israel.

The Correct Attitude

Starmer just told Trump: You can mock me all you want, but I'm not sending British kids to die for your losing war. pic.twitter.com/3f6ju7BiuP
— Ounka (@OunkaOnX) March 28, 2026