"The White House welcome bestowed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was the most lavish of the Trump presidency, and a gaudily clear statement of its foreign policy priorities. It was billed as a mere working visit, but it was more extravagant than any previous state visit. The president greeted the prince on the south lawn, the White House's biggest stage. There were uniformed men on horses bearing flags and a flypast of fighter jets."
"When a journalist pierced this golden bubble by raising the 2018 murder and dismemberment of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi the main reason Prince Mohammed had not visited for seven years Trump lashed out, lambasting the reporter and her network, ABC. He declared that Khashoggi was extremely controversial and not universally liked (as if those were grounds for being butchered) and insisted the prince had known nothing about the murder in Istanbul by Saudi state operatives,"
"If there was a real shift on show during Prince Mohammed's visit on Tuesday, it was in the skies over Washington. The F-35 stealth fighter jets on show in the flypast for the visiting royal are up for sale to Saudi Arabia, Trump confirmed. The sale would not be conditional and the specifications of Saudi F-35s would be the same as Israel's."
The White House welcome for Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was lavish and more extravagant than any previous state visit, with a south lawn greeting, uniformed men on horses, flags, and a fighter-jet flypast. Trump greeted the prince warmly, grabbed his hand, and proclaimed the honour of the royal friendship. When a journalist raised the 2018 murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, Trump lashed out at the reporter and ABC, called Khashoggi controversial, and insisted the prince had known nothing, contradicting US intelligence. The F-35 jets shown are up for sale to Saudi Arabia without conditions and with the same specifications as Israel's, risking Israel's qualitative military edge.
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