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Trump won’t sacrifice business ties with Saudis over Khashoggi murder: Journalist
2018-10-30
[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s personal business ties with Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and his connections to the Saudi royal family will prevent Trump from punishing Riyadh for murdering Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an investigative journalist in Washington says.

"Trump is not really going to take any action against the Saudis," said Wayne Madsen, an author and columnist specializing in intelligence and international affairs.

"His son-in-law Jared Kushner has a financial arrangement with the Saudis; the Saudis sell his daughter Ivanka’s goods in Saudi Arabian shopping centers," Madsen said during a phone interview with Press TV on Monday.

The murder of Khashoggi, who escaped to the US last year and worked as a Washington Post columnist, has escalated into a crisis for the world’s top oil exporter as Saudi Arabia’s allies have reacted with outrage.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday in Bahrain that the killing of Khashoggi undermined the stability of the Middle East and that Washington would take additional measures against those responsible.

Last week, Trump said Saudi officials had engaged in the "worst cover-up ever" and that those behind the killing "should be in big trouble."

But Trump has also highlighted Riyadh as a major purchaser of American weapons.

US politicians have accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
, also known as MBS and the country’s de facto leader, of ordering the killing.

Posted by:Fred

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