Political Quotes

“while the Office of Management and Budget was putting the finishing touches on its Orwellian-themed ``A New Foundation for American Greatness,'' the President's fiscal year 2018 budget, which proposes to eliminate or drastically reduce funding for a vast array of critical programs on which the American people--including the most vulnerable among us--depend, the Trump family was being feted by one of the world's wealthiest and repressive regimes. Not only has the Saudi family used its vast oil wealth to promote an extremist ideology, including in madrassas and mosques in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, its grip on power is made possible through corruption and the systematic denial of fundamental rights, including the brutal oppression of women and girls, human trafficking, and the exploitation of foreign labor. After criticizing the Saudis during the Presidential campaign, earlier this week, President Trump and his family basked in the opulent glow of Saudi family royalty.…”