‘He’s Asserting Himself’: King Salman Clips Crown Prince’s Wings As Khashoggi Crisis Spirals

I mean, it’s bad, bad stuff. But we’ll see what happens. That, believe it or not, was the best Donald Trump could do on Thursday when pressed by reporters to respond to the most recent accounts of the gruesome fate that befell Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, who met his end inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month. Khashoggi's death at the hands of a 15-man hit squad (presumably dispatched on orders from Mohammed bin Salman) has mushroomed into an internation

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2 thoughts on “‘He’s Asserting Himself’: King Salman Clips Crown Prince’s Wings As Khashoggi Crisis Spirals

  1. The U.S., Saudi’s and, perhaps, Turkey have finally agreed on their ‘cover’ story. The hapless Journalist died in a fight in the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul. I was a fair fight…one unarmed, perhaps sedated, Journalist against 14 assassins plus an accompanying ‘Doctor’ (expert in dismemberment) with a bone saw and the Saudi Ambassador to Turkey. MBS should be tried at the International Court. Other than Trump, and likely Jared Kushner, MBS has been tried in the World ‘Court of Public Opinion.’

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