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I've seen enough - it's increasingly clear the elephant in the room regarding WestExec is its relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the billions of dollars controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Allow me to explain in a new years day thread! https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1344886632579620864
Allow me to explain in a new years day thread! https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1344886632579620864
so far, it's easy to connect 11 of WestExecs' disclosed clients to recent business in Saudi Arabia, probably none more important than Softbank!
In 2017, the same year WestExec is founded, Saudi Arabia announced a $45 billion investment in Softbank's new Vision Fund.
In 2017, the same year WestExec is founded, Saudi Arabia announced a $45 billion investment in Softbank's new Vision Fund.
What did Softbank do with that money? Well, they used it to become the largest shareholder in Uber, another WestExec Client listed by Blinken!
(That's why Uber has a personal pal of MBS on it's board of directors)
(That's why Uber has a personal pal of MBS on it's board of directors)
The Saudi Public Investment Fund controlled by MBS has been an active investor! Just this year they disclosed making investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in two other clients listed by Blinken - Facebook and Boeing
(tbf, a fraction of Boeing's business with Saudi)
(tbf, a fraction of Boeing's business with Saudi)
One of the splashiest deals was endorsed by none other than President Trump!
As part of Trump's 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia, MBS's public investment fund announced a massive $20 billion Infusion into a infrastructure fund run by none other than WestExec Client Blackstone
As part of Trump's 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia, MBS's public investment fund announced a massive $20 billion Infusion into a infrastructure fund run by none other than WestExec Client Blackstone
Blinken's WestExec clients Lazard and Royal Bank of Canada?
Both won starring roles in the planned IPO to end all IPO's of Saudi's state oil company Aramco!
Both won starring roles in the planned IPO to end all IPO's of Saudi's state oil company Aramco!
As for Blinken's WestExect client McKinsey? Well they're so deeply enmeshed in the schemes and plans of MBS that Saudis joked that the government was run by the "Ministry of McKinsey"
(they helped set up the Public Investment Fund too)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/world/middleeast/mckinsey-bcg-booz-allen-saudi-khashoggi.html
(they helped set up the Public Investment Fund too)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/world/middleeast/mckinsey-bcg-booz-allen-saudi-khashoggi.html
as an aside, let us never forget that McKinsey et all found a way to get paid for writing a study that said Saudi Arabia should forcibly relocate local tribes to build an imaginary city with robot dinosaurs and flying cars https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-princes-500-billion-desert-dream-flying-cars-robot-dinosaurs-and-a-giant-artificial-moon-11564097568
Ok well what about WestExec client Sotheby's? In 2018 it was reported the auction house was in discussion to help MBS build a "desert art oasis!" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/sotheby-s-in-talks-to-help-saudi-prince-build-desert-art-oasis
FedEx? In 2019 they announced the acquisition of the courier TNT. As part of the deal, they announced a new partnership with the Saudi courier SAB Express, which now handles FedEx shipments in the country
SAB Express is owned by SAB Holdings, a multi billion Saudi conglomerate
SAB Express is owned by SAB Holdings, a multi billion Saudi conglomerate
Microsoft? In late 2016 it was announced they would be technical partners for MBS' Vision 2030 to remake Saudi Arabia. Wonder how that's going? https://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/technology/2016/06/22/Saudi-Arabia-and-Microsoft-ink-plans-to-support-Vision-2030
Ok but do I have any hard proof that WestExec is connected to Saudi Arabia?
Maybe we should ask WestExec Senior Advisor Dennis Ross!
Check out the firm proudly posting his op-ed that Trump must defend Saudi's oil industry from Iran.
https://westexec.com/dennis-ross/
Maybe we should ask WestExec Senior Advisor Dennis Ross!
Check out the firm proudly posting his op-ed that Trump must defend Saudi's oil industry from Iran.
https://westexec.com/dennis-ross/
Ross in an interesting case. He's also an advisor to IP3. You know who else was? Michael Flynn.
Whistleblowers said it was a conspiracy to transfer sensitive nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia in violation of export laws.
Whistleblowers said it was a conspiracy to transfer sensitive nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia in violation of export laws.
In fact, the House Oversight Committee revealed Dennis Ross was working together with Jared Kushner in a plan to allow a foreign takeover of the nuclear power company Westinghouse as part of grand scheme to build nuclear power plants across Saudi
It's not like Saudi Arabia and MBS shouldn't be grateful to Tony Blinken - here is he defending the Obama administration's decision to rush arms shipments to Saudi Arabia so MBS could more effectively slaughter the people of Yemen.
In conclusion, it feels fair to assess that there enough smoke in our potential Secretary of State's finances to ask if there's a fire somewhere in Saudi Arabia.
Happy New Year!!!!
Happy New Year!!!!
