U.S.-Saudi ties: Drenched in blood, oil, and deceit
NOVANEWS
By Joyce Chediac
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and Trump, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). Source: Wikimedia Commons
Why do Donald Trump and the CIA disagree about the recent killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Turkey?
The CIA concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, personally ordered the murder and dismemberment of Khashoggi. In an extraordinary statement for a U.S. president, Trump disputed the CIA findings. He saids it didn’t matter if MBS—as the Saudi ruler is known—was or was not involved in the Khashoggi killing, and that U.S.-Saudi relations are “spectacular.”
Trump’s statement ...