I tried to explain to a few of my Trump-supporting friends that there was no way he would ever distance us from the Saudis. They promised me over and over and over again that this was one of the very clear ways he would be different.

How’d that work out for you guys?!?

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he stood by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince despite a CIA assessment that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and pleas from U.S. senators for Trump to condemn the kingdom’s de facto ruler.
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