Trump on hurricane response, SArabia relations
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(11 Oct 2018) President Donald Trump is praising the federal response to Hurricane Michael, saying that FEMA has received "rave reviews." Trump tells reporters during an Oval Office bill signing that the storm was "unbelievably powerful" and was especially fast-moving. He says, "we've not seen destruction like that for a long time." Trump is also praising the region's power companies, saying they've been terrific and that a lot of electricity is already back on. During the same photo-op, Trump said that he's reluctant to slash weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, saying that if the U.S. doesn't sell arms to the kingdom, then the Saudis will buy them from Russia or China. Trump visited Saudi Arabia on his first international trip as president and announced $110 billion in proposed arms sales to the country. Some U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. to stop the military sales because of Saudi Arabia's alleged involvement in the case of a missing Saudi writer who vanished after entering a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Turkish officials allege that Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a84bad730965f2b932653a6a60e5bb38
