Donald Trump greets investor Wilbur Ross at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Nov. 20. Ross was using the lack of protesters as an example of how warmly the Trump administration was received in the country. Wilbur Ross touts the lack of protests in Saudi Arabia during Trump's visit (maybe it's because protesters are jailed & sometimes beheaded?) In a recent review of Saudi laws, Amnesty International reports that the regime continues to leverage prohibitions on protest to harass and detain political opponents. Ross and Trump have implicitly said something similar: If there were no protest, this would be a lot easier.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2017 13:41 UTC