Donald Trump Shows Power Of U.S. By Curtsying For Saudi King

Sebastian Murdock

While accepting Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honor on Saturday, President Donald Trump showed the true might of the U.S. by curtsying for King Salman.

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Conservatives, including Trump, were quick to slam former President Barack Obama in 2012 when it appeared he bowed to then-Saudi leader King Abdullah at a G-20 summit. Obama and former President George W. Bush have both received the medal Trump accepted Saturday.

And now for the tweets on Trump’s approach to the Saudi king:

We don’t care what anyone else says, Mr. President ― you curtsy as much as you want.

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