Embarrassing relationship between US and KSA
The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia continues to embarrass the claims that Washington actually cares about human rights.
United States President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time in eight years, ever since he became an international pariah for the gruesome murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
When asked about Khashoggi, Trump, stunningly, defended bin Salman.
You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial.
A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about, whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen, but he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that.
US President, Donald J Trump
Khashoggi's murder highlighted a number of reactionary ideas; pro-monarchism, anti-free press, an overly powerful executive, use of invasive Israeli tracking spyware, state impunity, ignoring human rights abuses for domestic and personal gain, to name a few.
Yeah, it just shows the hypocrisy of the United States.
You know, we talk a big game about freedom of speech, but you know, we support people who kill journalists, and nowhere is that more obvious than in Gaza, where hundreds of journalists have been killed.
Member of Public 01
Trump and Bin Salman have had weeks of talks about normalizing relations with Israel, which Riyadh appeared on the verge of doing until the start of the Gaza genocide.
Well, this is about so-called Israel, not a normal country at all; completely the wrong thing to do.
I hope Saudi Arabia changes their mind.
There's nothing normal about "Israel."
Member of Public 02
Trump continued to provoke fear about Iran, utilizing Iranophobia to push the sale of F-35 jets to Riyadh.
Bin Salman promised to invest a trillion dollars in the United States.
Many say that's not a credible figure, as it's essentially the size of Saudi Arabia's entire sovereign wealth fund.
Others say that it's a reminder of how the House of Saud stays in power in Arabia in the first place.
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