Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns

[manor321]

Remember how Michael Flynn was scheming with Saudi Arabia? I bet these things are related.

Nov. 17, 2018

WASHINGTON — A top White House official responsible for American policy toward Saudi Arabia resigned on Friday evening, a move that may suggest fractures inside the Trump administration over the response to the brutal killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

The official, Kirsten Fontenrose, had pushed for tough measures against the Saudi government, and had been in Riyadh to discuss a raft of sanctions that the American government imposed in recent days against those identified as responsible for the killing, according to two people familiar with the conversations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/trump-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html

[RockRaven]

1. More likely Trump and Jared interfered with what she thought was appropriate/required response

They certainly would water down whatever was just/deserved, especially in re MBS and the Saudi gov as a whole.

Trump and Jared were probably drawing the line at sanctioning the 17 guys the Saudis were willing to throw under the bus.

[marble falls]

2. I think this was murder. By the same token, what if the Saudis had killed Khashoggi with a drone?

[Grasswire2]

3. But Ivanka wants many more visits in SA!

The prince is such a wonderful host.

True. The video of her saying so is here on DU.