"Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, appeared together at a US-Saudi investment summit at the Kennedy Center. It's all part of a rehabilitation tour for Prince Mohammed, years after US intelligence agencies concluded that he had ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident. In October 2018, Khashoggi was ambushed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a 15-member hit team, who dismembered his body with a bone saw."
"But Trump never wavered in his support of the Saudi leader, and during his first term protected the prince from US sanctions and pressure from Congress. Prince Mohammed later repaid the favor to Trump: after a mob of the president's supporters stormed the US Capitol in January 2021, several US banks and other businesses cut ties with the Trump Organization, which was already reeling from financial losses that hammered the tourism industry at the start of the coronavirus pandemic."
Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman appeared at a US-Saudi summit at the Kennedy Center. Years after US intelligence concluded Mohammed bin Salman ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, the appearance advanced the crown prince's rehabilitation. In October 2018 Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by a 15-member hit team that dismembered his body with a bone saw. Trump protected the prince from US sanctions and congressional pressure during his first term. After the January 2021 Capitol attack, Saudi Arabia expanded deals that aided the Trump Organization when other banks cut ties. Trump reciprocated with an extravagant White House welcome and planned multi-billion-dollar fighter jet sales.
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