Trump went on Saudi Arabian state TV and said he had “a lot of respect” for the crown prince linked to the bone saw murder.
Donald Trump never shy declare his affection because many dictators and right-wing dictators. An individual that you have always praised since you were in office? Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, whom the former president called a “great guy” in a recent interview, despite the petty attitude of the whole thing Bone sawing kills people.
Appearing on Saudi state television network Al Arabiya, Trump speak that although the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States is currently “stable” while he is president, “it is wonderful to use capital letters. AMAZING, amazing.” (Yes, he actually said that.) Trump added that he has “a lot of respect for the king, a lot of respect for Mohammed, who is doing a great job. I mean, he’s truly a visionary. He did things that no one else would have thought of.” Later in the interview, he declared MBS to be a “wonderful person” who was “respected around the world.”
It is clear that the man Trump claims is a “wonderful person” and “respected around the world” is the same person, according to the CIA, approved the 2018 assassination of US resident and Saudi Arabian dissident Jamal Khashoggi, which involved luring Khashoggi to the consulate in Istanbul, murdering him, and dismembering his body with a bone saw. (The Saudi Arabian government has long claimed MBS had nothing to do with the grisly murder, a claim that the United Nations does not trust or.)
In 2020, Bob Woodward disclose in his book rage that the then-president boasted about protecting MBS after Khashoggi’s assassination. According to Woodward, after being informed that “The occupants [Washington] Parcel very sad about Khashoggi’s murder,” Trump replied: “I saved his life. I convinced Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop.”
Why continue to praise? We’ll give you two guesses but you’ll probably only need one. each Hill:
The Saudi government also made cuts check worth 2 billion USD for the former first son-in-law Jared Kushnerinvestment fund in 2022; earlier this year, Kushner calls MBS a “visionary leader” who “did so much to make the world a better place.”
