'MBS Will Not Forget': Donald Trump's Reluctance to Fight Houthis Rattles Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

US hesitation has amplified doubts in Riyadh about Washington's reliability as its prime defence partner

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'MBS will not forget': Trump's reluctance to fight Houthis rattles Saudi Arabia ft.trib.al/SwYJ5k4

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-- Financial Times (@financialtimes.com) 8:06 AM Â· Sep 22, 2026

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The world knows that the Qatari jet has no defenses...

#1 | Posted by catdog at 2026-09-23 08:13 AM | Reply

This is nothing selling them technology to build nukes won't solve.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-23 09:05 AM | Reply

Well...maybe if they moved it to Venezuela... ya knowwwwww

Funny thaaaang... every time he... ahem... "tacos"... the US breathes a sigh of relief... not so much MBS... Vlad... Nuttywahoo... Xi...

#3 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-09-23 11:42 AM | Reply

MBS is just one more on a long list who found themselves under a bus.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-09-23 12:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

mbs won't forget, but trump always forgets. He has no loyalty, has never had any loyalty and has screwed pretty much everyone who has trusted him. Anyone who doesn't realize the consistency in that pattern in his actions is a fool.

#5 | Posted by bus_driver at 2026-09-23 12:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

You can shower Trump with praise, lavish him with gifts, bribe him with money, be his loyal lapdog... and he'll still screw you over.

#6 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-09-23 01:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Maybe they should give Kushner another couple billion.

Idiots.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-23 01:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Was that Kash in that picture?

#8 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-09-23 03:56 PM | Reply

Perhaps by the time Trump dies, no one anywhere will trust the US anymore.

The good thing is that once he's dead and after a few years of recovery, the US can start work on regaining a shred of credibility.

And perhaps we can get that world-police bulls#|t off our backs and redistribute money domestically to people that don't have Inc. after their names.

#9 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-23 08:16 PM | Reply

-The good thing is that once he's dead and after a few years of recovery, the US can start work on regaining a shred of credibility.

according to this place, we had zero credibility in the world when GWB was president.

then that changed almost overnight.

The point is that the credibility isn't that hard to get back.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-23 08:47 PM | Reply

SA has enough US hardware and support to do the job.

Time for SA to put on its big girl pants.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-23 10:56 PM | Reply