I mean it's not even that he went to Saudi Arabia and did this absurd show. It's how he handled the Fallout. If he had just handled it like a comedian by making a joke he probably would have been fine. He said "I'm sorry but you know I needed the money have you see my wife's Instagram page?" Or something like that he probably could have emerge somewhat unscathed. Battered but unbroken. But the way he handle it was just so tone deaf and so patronizing and so God damn absurd that a lot of it just had to tune out.

This is interesting because the US government has clearly been very friendly with the Saudi regime for decades, supports monarchy / authoritarianism there militarily and diplomatically, developed the petrodollar system with them which saves the average American household thousands of dollars a year and allows the US government to run a $40 trillion dollar debt with favorable interest rates. Several advantages America has over other Western nations and the rest of the world come from this partnership.

In a sense every American makes money off of Saudi Arabia and doesn't realize it. Perhaps that's something they didn't consent to so they shouldn't be held accountable. But if the petrodollar ended tomorrow, inflation in the US would spike almost immediately through currency devaluation and a bond crisis would likely follow.

The first morally logical step would be to petition one's own government to stop supporting the Saudi monarchy militarily and diplomatically.

Tl;dr: The US is the reason Saudi Arabia has international legitimacy and respect. If anyone wants to change that, start with them.

Funny thing is that it wasnt even that much of money.

Oh, he went with that group. Yeah, fuck that.

imagine if your dad died in 9/11 and you STILL went to perform like a dancing little monkey for the guys that ordered those planes flown into those towers....

Saudi Arabia

a friend of mine lives there. he works 80 hour weeks. poor fella.

edit: no wait it's UAE actually. i just checked.

But they have a cheesecake factory!