When will the lies cease? Lie to me about Russia all you want, but donโt try to sell me a bill of coffee goods. In his first international trip as Fearless Leader, President the Trump visited Saudi Arabia on Saturday, where he was greeted with gahwa, a traditional Saudi coffee. And he went back for seconds.
According to Arab News, the Donald was met by King Salman at the Riyadh airport, where the two shared the traditional coffee service, with King Salman even teaching Trump proper Saudi etiquette for indicating when youโve had enough:
It is tradition that servers will continue to serve the coffee until the drinker declines by shaking their cup or by placing their free hand on top of their cup.
Now, shouldnโt we all be happy that the leader of free worldโa man who famously said in one of his books that heโs โnever taken drugs of any kind, never had a glass of alcohol. Never had a cigarette, never had a cup of coffeeโโis softening his stance on โdrugsโ? Granted, it has been argued that he took a โsoft whiteโ stance on illicit substances during his more sniffly presidential debates and during the election, he has been seen two-steppinโ for votes with a cup of Cuban coffee, so heโs not exactly the sort of person youโd be surprised by when he says one grandiose thing and then does another.
But no, Iโm not happy about it. Pick a lane. Take a hard line or do a soft one, but not both. Donโt tell us you donโt touch the stuff and then slam down a cuppa like the $100 billion for the arms deal you just made with the Saudis is at the bottom of it. And then go back for seconds. Itโs down there somewhere, let me take another look.
Who knows, maybe he was being polite, eschewing his own preferences so as to offend a countryโs ruler and to work on foreign diplomโฆ Iโm sorry, I canโt even finish. We all know itโs that cool 100B. Or perhaps Trump was unduly influenced by all the all-consuming power of The Orb. That would at least be understandable.
All Hail Orb.ย
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network.
*top image via Arab News