Trump Caution on Missing Writer Risks Giving Saudis Green Light - Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump’s reluctance to impose consequences against Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi has fed criticism that his administration could be letting the kingdom get away with murder.
Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident who wrote for the Washington Post, hasn’t been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to pick up a document for his upcoming wedding. Turkish officials have said they believe he was killed inside and perhaps even dismembered.
Trump said Thursday he’s disinclined to block arm sales to the Saudi government, as senators in his own party have suggested. He said there are “other things we could do” if the gruesome allegations prove true, without elaborating.
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