Mnuchin says he'll attend Saudi investment meeting despite reports of journalist's killing

[left-of-center2012]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that he was sticking with plans to attend a government-sponsored investment conference in Saudi Arabia this month despite the uproar over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist ...

Mnuchin said he was concerned about the fate of Saudi-born journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 2 and has not been seen since.

President Donald Trump, who had said little publicly about Khashoggi for more than a week, acknowledged for the first time Saturday that the Saudi government could have ordered his killing.

Media companies including the Financial Times, CNN, Bloomberg, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times withdrew their participation. British entrepreneur Richard Branson, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim have also said they wouldn't attend.

https://www.arcamax.com/business/businessnews/s-2135201

[Turin_C3PO]

1. Good Lord he has a punchable face.

There’s a German word for that that escapes me at the moment.

[dalton99a]

8. Backpfeifengesicht

[Turin_C3PO]

12. Thank you!

Yup, he has a definite backpfeifengesicht.

[dem4decades]

2. His wife probably wants to go.

[JI7]

4. yup, his wife's instagram page is full of fake concern for liberal causes

lgbt rights, animal rights etc. you are married to the fucking man who works for the admin that is destroying those things.

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[dem4decades]

5. She took that government flight to Fort Knoxto see the eclipse

And then went and posed with the sheets of money to make it look like a business trip. But she and her husband just looked like assholes.

[JI7]

7. yeah, even the deplorables there were turned off by them

[Takket]

3. someone tell the saudi's he's a spy that wants to ruin the royal family.......

[HipChick]

13. Right, instead of firing them..

Trump could send them on a little vacation...

[spanone]

6. of course he will. trump already spoke for his administration. it's all about money. period.

it's ALL that matters.

[left-of-center2012]

9. Follow the money

[chillfactor]

10. what pieces of wasted human flesh....

he and his wife are!

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. It's not so much "Davos in the Desert", more "SPECTRE in the Sand"

"So, gentlemen, welcome to our ... 'little gathering'. I am pleased to report our wet-work specialists dealt with that troublesome journalist in Istanbul. And I'm glad to see our new Washington operative here. I know your time with us will be very profitable for you, and us, if you know where your interests are, Steven ..."

[BeckyDem]

14. Trumps base is ok with this too? UGH