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- President Donald Trump issued a bizarre statement explaining why he would take no action against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman even though he may well have had Jamal Khashoggi brutally murdered.
- The statement is full of falsehoods and makes for a frightening read, but it reveals a dark secret about US foreign policy: It needs Saudi Arabia and has always turned a blind eye.
- Accepting the murder of Khashoggi is horrific, but the US can't really pursue regime change in Saudi Arabia without opening itself up to extreme danger.
- Khashoggi's killing has turned much of the US media into an organ of foreign intelligence services that want to hurt US-Saudi ties, and that might not be putting "America first."
"America First!
The world is a very dangerous place!"
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See Also:
- 'Saudi Arabia First, not America First:' Even top GOP allies of Trump are railing against his defense of Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi's brutal murder
- The Saudi foreign minister claims a CIA report directly linking the crown prince to Jamal's Khashoggi's murder is an unsubstantiated lie
- Saudi prosecutor claims Crown Prince Mohammed innocent, seeks death for 5 others in Khashoggi killing
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