Donald Trump Says Saudi Prince "Knew Nothing" About Murder of Journalist

Описание: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed that his kingdom was “doing our best” to ensure no repeat of the “mistake” of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist that the US judged was killed with his approval. In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump rolled out the red carpet and pushed bin Salman to pledge investments totalling one trillion dollars in America — but the headlines were taken by rare direct questioning of a man treated with hands-off deference back home.

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The prince, known widely as MBS, also expressed empathy for the families of those killed in the 9/11 attacks who have complained about his presidential audience. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who steered four commercial planes into buildings in September 2001, killing almost 3,000 people, were Saudi.

Trump intervened when Mohammed was initially questioned by a reporter about Khashoggi and 9/11 in the Oval Office to say that the prince “knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that — you don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking questions like that”.

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