by How political capital will this cost?PoliticoFull text: President Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi killingSee also POTUS testing, "How low can you go?"The HillKhashoggi editor on Trump Saudi statement: 'This is a new low' Chris Mills Rodrigo See alsoWashington Free BeaconTrump Stands With Saudi Arabia: We Must ‘Ensure the Interests of Our Country, Israel’ Cameron CawthorneSee alsoFortuneTrump Says He Stands With Saudi Arabia Despite Khashoggi Murder Renae ReintsSee alsoThe WeekTrump disputes CIA findings in Khashoggi case, signals no further action against Saudi Arabia Kathryn KrawczykSee alsoThe HillEx-CIA chief calls on Congress to declassify CIA findings on Khashoggi killing Aris FoleySee also In a statement on Tuesday, the president said that “the United
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Politico
Full text: President Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi killing
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The Hill
Khashoggi editor on Trump Saudi statement: 'This is a new low'
Chris Mills Rodrigo
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Washington Free Beacon
Trump Stands With Saudi Arabia: We Must ‘Ensure the Interests of Our Country, Israel’
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Fortune
Trump Says He Stands With Saudi Arabia Despite Khashoggi Murder
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The Week
Trump disputes CIA findings in Khashoggi case, signals no further action against Saudi Arabia
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The Hill
Ex-CIA chief calls on Congress to declassify CIA findings on Khashoggi killing
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In a statement on Tuesday, the president said that “the United States intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country, Israel and all other partners in the region.”Donald Trump is not at all concerned with political correctness. The US is the hegemon and will do what it pleases. Donald Trump is president, so he gets to choose that. Elections count. End of discussion.
Last week, the CIA reportedly concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of the journalist, who was a US resident, inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
But Trump and members of his administration continue to back Riyadh because they don’t want to jeopardize billions of Saudi dollars flowing into the US economy through weapons purchases and investments.
This isn’t that surprising — for decades, the US has quietly looked away from Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses for material gain. Trump, however, is making this subtext explicit in a way that no administration has before.
VOX
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