The Senate passed a resolution on the 13th of December to withdraw U.S. support for Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen in a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump. The resolution, led by Senators Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee, and Chris Murphy, invokes the War Powers Act and passed in a 56-41 vote. The resolution was proposed back in March, but it failed at the time, and was revived due to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. It’s the first time the Senate has voted to withdraw forces from a war Congress didn't approve. The war in Yemen, and US support for the Saudi-led effort actually began during the Obama administration. But President Trump has moved the US even closer to Saudi Arabia as part of his administration’s broader Middle East policy, which largely focuses on countering Iran. The Senate resolution is a major step toward holding the administration accountable and resting back some control of war powers from the executive branch. Yet it’s still a long way away from actually ending US support for the Saudis in Yemen, or finding a resolution to the conflict altogether. The senate's passage of the resolution shows that the lawmakers of this country are scrutinizing the Trump administration's Saudi policy.
Questions: How will this affect the Trumps adminstrations relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Trump's relationship will remain intact, they knew that Obama started this and 45th carried it out.
ReplyDelete1. Trumps relationship with saudi arabia will increase in tension, as congress was the only reason why troops were withdrawn. Trump might intervene at a later time with harsher action
ReplyDeleteI believe that Trump's relationship with Saudi Arabia will create tensions because even though Congress did not approve of the war, the increasing instability in the Yemen region will only get worse once the U.S. withdraws.
ReplyDeleteTrump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is typical of Trump’s other relationships with other dictators/monarchs: he loves them. As a result, Trump spends a great deal of time buttering the Saudi’s up, such as with the Khashoggi situation. Therefore, this won’t affect Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia much, but will affect the U.S. relationship.
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