Trump, Eyeing Deals, Says MBS 'Knew Nothing' About Khashoggi

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “knew nothing about” the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as the pair met to announce a deepening of economic ties at the White House.

“A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about,” Trump said when asked about Khashoggi alongside the Saudi prince in the Oval Office. “Whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen, but he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that.”

The comments represent a sweeping official rehabilitation for MBS, as Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader is known, after a US intelligence report in 2021 implicated the 40-year-old royal in the death of Khashoggi, who was killed in a Saudi consulate in Turkey seven years ago. That finding soured relations between the oil-rich kingdom and many longstanding Western allies — including Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden.

In contrast, Trump told reporters Tuesday that MBS had done an “incredible” job on human rights.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-host-saudi-mbs-eye-110000044.html

[RainCaster]

1. It's a shame he can't read

If only he could read more than a single sentence per day... He would read the security papers our government intelligence agencies have written about that shameful action that MBS was definitely party to. It wouldn't have happened unless he approved it.