larry johnson on cheeto's visit with the arabs;

Alzheimer’s appears to be the standard for US foreign policy, especially with respect to terrorism, in Washington’s dealings with the Middle East/West Asian countries. Trump had a wildly successful day in Saudi Arabia, hobnobbing enthusiastically with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salaman aka MBS. Just one more example of the power of a trillion dollars to erase the memory of a heinous crime, when MBS pledged today to invest that sum in the United States… plus he signed up to buy tons of US weapons. Neither the President nor any member of his entourage exhibited any discomfort in hanging with a guy who allegedly ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post reporter, a few years back.

While MBS has denied ordering the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, multiple credible investigations—including from the U.S. intelligence community and the UN—conclude that he likely authorized or approved the operation. The killing was widely seen as part of a broader campaign to silence dissent within and outside Saudi Arabia. In February 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a declassified report concluding:

We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi............more........