Trump offers key Pentagon job to billionaire whose firm trained Khashoggi's murderers

[turbinetree]

By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Published December 4, 2024 8:41 AM ET

President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly offered the number-two Pentagon job to a secretive billionaire investor with close ties to the military-industrial complex, potentially introducing additional conflicts of interest to an incoming administration that is set to be rife with corporate executives and lobbyists.

Stephen Feinberg is co-founder and co-CEO of the private equity behemoth Cerberus Capital Management, which owns a firm that provided paramilitary training to members of the elite team that murdered Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

Trump drew global outrage for publicly defending the Saudi regime in the wake of the assassination, even after U.S. intelligence agencies established that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorized Khashoggi's murder.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-offers-key-pentagon-job-to-billionaire-whose-firm-trained-khashoggi-s-murderers/

Did trump get the memo that Jamal Khashoggi was a "US " resident.............oh yeah he did.............

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Could they come up with a name less evil sounding?

Cerberus Capital Management

[Hekate]

7. Or as Hagrid calls him: Fluffy

[patphil]

2. Another dangerous pick who will probably pass secrets to foreign governments if confirmed.

Everything Trump does is transactional. Information for money.

[yardwork]

9. Hey, that assassination was worth at least $2 billion.

And the Saudis even sent a tape of the torture and murder, to prove it was done. Deal complete.

How many more deals are in the works? Who is next?

[Hekate]

3. It's all for sale, isn't it?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes down to the last desk, stapler, and paperclip.

[Solly Mack]

5. Yes

[Bluethroughu]

6. Disgusting.

[Lonestarblue]

8. Trump probably wants him to create a special assassination team to take care of all his enemies.

[red dog 1]

10. VonShitzInPantz does it again!

(Is it November, 2026 yet?)