Yemen, a Veto, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Yemen War Powers legislation will soon be struck down by executive order. What moral sacrifices will the White House make to avoid economic retribution from Saudi Arabia?
Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States of America, is a polarizing ruler. Judgment aside, Trump likely wants to see the United States economy prosper for the sake of reelection. An upcoming veto, his second after vetoing a measure against emergency border wall funding, will prove that morality may be a pale priority whenever opposed to economic welfare.
Such is often the way of the world, especially in real politics.
The high road is often fraught with economic and existential obstacles; in life, and especially in a world of billions of people incited by millennia of tribal warfare. In Yemen today, over 50,000 people have been killed over the course of a civil war, with contingent forces directly supported by Saudi Arabia, the United States’ close historical ally.
In fact, the United States has itself been directly involved in this warfare, according to passed Congress legislation set to soon be vetoed by the White House:
