Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Politico — Full text: President Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi killing


How political capital will this cost?

Politico
Full text: President Donald Trump's statement on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi killing

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In a statement on Tuesday, the president said that “the United States intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country, Israel and all other partners in the region.”

Last week, the CIA reportedly concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of the journalist, who was a US resident, inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

But Trump and members of his administration continue to back Riyadh because they don’t want to jeopardize billions of Saudi dollars flowing into the US economy through weapons purchases and investments.

This isn’t that surprising — for decades, the US has quietly looked away from Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses for material gain. Trump, however, is making this subtext explicit in a way that no administration has before.
Donald Trump is not at all concerned with political correctness. The US is the hegemon and will do what it pleases. Donald Trump is president, so he gets to choose that. Elections count. End of discussion.

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