"In comments delivered in the Oval Office shortly after his arrival, the crown prince announced that he would increase what was supposed to be a $600 billion (518 billion) investment in the US to $1 trillion. The visit is the prince's first since the grisly 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi agents that US intelligence services concluded were very likely operating on the crown prince's orders."
"As MBS and Trump beamed, speaking of investments during a short question and answer session, the mood turned notably more hostile when a US reporter asked the prince about the 2018 murder of Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Trump described Khashoggi as "extremely controversial," and claimed "a lot of people didn't like that gentleman," before adding "he [the prince] knew nothing about it.""
President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, and the crown prince pledged to increase planned Saudi investment in the United States from $600 billion to $1 trillion. The visit was the prince's first since the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an event that US intelligence judged likely connected to Saudi agents acting on the prince's orders. Trump praised the prince and defended him when reporters raised Khashoggi's murder. The prince called the killing painful and a huge mistake and said measures are being taken to prevent repeats. Trump also pledged a sale of F-35 jets amid internal administration debate.
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