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can someone add something about this ? https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/05/the-110-billion-arms-deal-to-saudi-arabia-is-fake-news/

I think brookings is a "reliable source" and they are calling it fake news — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:3005:506:5200:4DAB:7B77:134E:BF1C (talk) 00:05, 10 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

it's even worse than that

Only contracts worth 4 billion were finalised in the 17 months after the meeting. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/saudi-arabia-top-us-weapons-buyer-but-doesnt-spend-as-much-as-trump-boasts.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.181.67.237 (talk) 16:04, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]