![]() ![]() Last week’s closed session in Congress with the director of the CIA and statements by ranking members of Congress about their interpretations revealed that the current state of Saudi-U.S. In the midst of all of these, relations between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Of course, the crisis with China over the arrest of an executive of Huawei escalated and the Russian connections of former Trump associates also put relations with Russia into a tight spot. Meanwhile, Trump’s former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, harshly criticized Trump for being undisciplined, whereas in return Trump tweeted calling him “dumb as rock,” something very unusual indeed. Two chiefs of staff in two years and other movement in high levels of government elevated the perception of increasing instability within the administration. On Saturday, Trump announced that Kelly is leaving office by the end of the year. In addition to that, there were rumors of deteriorating relations between President Trump and his chief of staff, John Kelly. Largely redacted documents raised questions in regards to the direction of the Mueller investigation. Domestically, the Mueller investigation and the recent court filings of the Special Counsel on Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort revealed a more complicated picture of the relations between some of the Trump campaign staff with Russia and also generated questions about possible campaign finance law violations. ![]()
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