First, Saudi officials said Khashoggi left the embassy unharmed, but after 17 days, which included grisly news reports of the alleged murder of the journalist, Saudi officials said late Friday he was killed during an altercation inside the embassy. Trump said Saturday the evidence that so many of the crown prince’s close associates were involved in the killing did not convince him that MBS was to blame. Iran is as evil as it gets.”If the United States stops selling arms to Saudi Arabia, Trump said China and Russia would benefit. Trump has grown frustrated with Kushner, White House officials said, though he offered his son-in-law some support in the Post interview. This is a setback for that.”Discussing other issues during the interview, Trump was in an ebullient mood after several days of campaigning.

Source: National Post October 21, 2018 13:22 UTC