his yacht , which provided him with desperately needed cash — sent out a tweet amid the outcry in Dubai , calling the Republican candidate a “ disgrace . ” ( Alwaleed is a prodigious tweeter and Twitter ’s second largest shareholder . ) Trump responded with an attack on the prince — a member of the ruling Saudi royal family — with a childish tweet , saying , “ Dopey Prince @Alwaleed_Talal wants to control our U.S. politicians with daddy ’s money . Ca n’t do it when I get elected .
The latter increased its spending on foreign arms by a whopping 699 percent , catapulting their rank among importers from 43rd to eighth over the past five years . Nearly all of the weapons delivered to Vietnam came from Russia , including 8 combat aircraft , 4 submarines and 4 " fast attack craft . " SIPRI assessed that Vietnam 's stepped - up purchasingtransaction.transferownership.purchasereflected fears of Beijing 's growing power in Asia and territorial claims in the South China Sea that overlap with its own . Related : The Pentagon Is Betting Big on Space Warfare — Against China and Russia While China still only accounts for 5.9 percent of global arms exports , its share is growing faster that practically any other state .
Watch Obama 's statement on Orlando : Democrats are preparing to take on Marco Rubio if he announces for Senate next week . The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will release this new web video today to highlight the scores of votes and committee hearings Rubio missed while pursuing the presidency , the repeated pledges he made during that campaign not to return to the Senate and his vote in December against a Democratic proposal to bar suspected terrorists from purchasingtransaction.transferownership.purchaseguns : ( Mike DeBonis has more . ) Yesterday 's 202 had several examples we found of Rubio talking about his frustrations and inability to set the agenda in the Senate .