#GiftArticle

‘Things happen’

#WashingtonPost Editorial Board

Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.

The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.

#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI

#GiftArticle

‘Things happen’

#WashingtonPost Editorial Board

Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.

The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.

#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI

"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen, but he [ #MBS] knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” #Trump said as if likability excuses #murder.

#law #criminals #US #SaudiArabia #JamalKhashoggi #Khashoggi

[Helsinki flashback] #Trump contradicts #US #intelligence, says #MBS 'knew nothing' about #Khashoggi death.

Then in classic Trump fashion, Trump dismisses a reporter’s question on the #murder of #journalist #JamalKhashoggi as an attempt to "embarrass" the #SaudiArabia leader, horrifically adding:
🚨 "things happen" [um… dismemberment doesn’t just “happen”] 🚨

Trump asked the reporter where she was from, then called her "fake news."

#criminal #law #FreePress

This is MBS's first visit to the US since the 2018 killing of #journalist & Saudi critic #JamalKhashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.

#Khashoggi was killed & dismembered in Oct 2018 by Saudi agents in an operation US intelligence believed was ordered by #MBS.

Khashoggi had criticized the crown prince's policies in his #WashingtonPost columns.
He had traveled to the #SaudiArabia consulate to obtain papers to marry his fiancée, a Turkish citizen.

#law #murder #Trump #criminal

Just 2 #criminals in the seat of #power. Nothing to see here.

#Trump #MBS #WarCriminals #murder #law

Wait until he finds out he's the bagholder for this bubble....

#SaudiArabia #MBS #AIBubble #USPOL #USPOLITICS