Pompeo Tweets Photo of Bassil, Stresses Support for Lebanese People
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted on his Twitter account, a picture of Free Patriotic Movement MP Jebran Bassil bearing the phrase "punished", as part of a series of tweets in which he addressed his country's "support" for the Lebanese people.
“Not just talk, @StateDept designated former FM Jebran Bassil for his corrupt activities,” Pompeo’s caption read under the picture.
Pompeo re-posted a link to the US State Department's decision on sanctions against Bassil.
High-ranking diplomatic circles operating in Washington reportedly saw Pompeo's tweet, "an official recognition that the sanctions against Bassil are political par excellence,” according to al-Joumhouria daily.
“The US sanctions against Bassil aim to pressure him into changing his policy in general, and refrain from demanding the return of the displaced, in addition to changing his stance rejecting resettlement,” added the daily.
In November 2020, the US Treasury announced sanctions against high-ranking Christian ally of Hizbullah, Bassil, accusing him of corruption involving billions of dollars that has left the economy in a shambles.
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15 January 2021, 07:51
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High-ranking diplomatic circles operating in Washington reportedly saw Pompeo's tweet, "an official recognition that the sanctions against Bassil are political par excellence,”
lol @"High-ranking diplomatic circles"
15 January 2021, 10:32
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He is showing that he and the US support those sectors of the Lebanese population who are not being brainwashed by their pro-terrorist leaders
15 January 2021, 22:27
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>Stop listening to Fars News and get ur facts right: The 2020 nine-month trade in goods deficit with China of $224.5 billion is 19.7% smaller compared to 2016, before Trump entered office, when it was $279.7 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars for the January to September period. The China deficit is down more than 16% in inflation-adjusted terms from 2019, when it was $268.1 billion in the first three quarters of the year.
15 January 2021, 11:39
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Why is he sanctioning only one? I thought the whole old political establishment is corrupt. He should send out at least 128+ similar tweets.
