Seven years after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) has been accused of ordering, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House. According to news reports, Trump greeted MBS with a lavish welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, the U.S. Marine Corps band, and a military flyover.
Trump, during an Oval Office meeting, with the prince by his side, commended the Saudi leader for strides made by the Kingdom on human rights, without providing any specific detail, reported [https://apnews.com/article/trump-saudi-crown-prince-mbs-505b32527e58d4bd49d5bc917efb4936] AP. “I’m very proud of the job he’s done,” Trump said. “What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights and everything else.”
The Crown Prince, for his part, announced that Saudi Arabia was increasing its planned investments in the U.S. to $1 trillion, up from $600 billion that the Saudis had said they planned to invest in the United States when Trump visited the Kingdom in May.
