NYT: WH Will Stand With Crown Prince Despite Khashoggi Killing

[DonViejo]

By Nicole Lafond
November 2, 2018 8:52 am

The White House has no intention of severing its ties with the Saudi crown prince despite evidence from Turkish officials that kingdom leadership was aware of efforts to at least detain, if not kill, Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, The New York Times reported.

While the State Department publicly claims its still reviewing evidence, the decision to stand with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has been made, according to three people familiar with White House discussions who spoke to the Times.

While Trump has been critical of the Saudis for the alleged murder of Khashoggi at its Istanbul Consulate last month, he’s been clear that he had no plans to foil a lucrative U.S.-Saudi arms deal ever since the writer went missing early last month. Trump was the first to suggest publicly that Khashoggi was perhaps killed by “rogue” agents who acted outside Salman’s wishes and he has raised Khashoggi’s status as a permanent resident of the U.S. — not a citizen — multiple times since his disappearance, signaling loyalty to the Saudis.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wh-stands-saudi-crown-prince

[dalton99a]

1. Trump Will Stand With Murderous Tyrants No Matter What

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Drumpf loves his dictators

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I believe that Trump won't risk his personal finances by imposing sanctions on the Saudis.

It seems to me that our foreign policy is being dictated according to the personal gains to Trump.

[brush]

4. And that son-in-law whose billion dollar debt on 666 5th was miraculously paid.

And just as miraculously, it was the same amount that the Saudi royal who was held under house arrest for months in a Riyadh hotel coughed up to finally be released.

[RockRaven]

5. Hey future Dem House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, I got your first hearing right here...

Get those subpoenas ready to issue on day 1.

[democratisphere]

6. Authoritarian rulers rule this WH.

Never ever thought I would see the day!

[Zambero]

7. Meanwhile, Evangelicals are kissing his ring

As we speak a "Christian" delegation including the likes of Michele Bachman is helping define what the Evangelical agenda is all about. No atrocity is too great when the exercise of brutal raw power vis-a-vis "end times" politics comes into question. And BTW none of this shows up in the New Testament.