Trump whitewash Saudi brutal murder denounced by both parties

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The bipartisan criticism of the president claimed that Trump had made a mistake in calculating that acting against the oil-rich country was simply not worth sacrificing the economic advantage of the alliance, despite message that it could send to other dictators. Fred Ryan, publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, put this argument in a statement Tuesday.

"President Trump's response to the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is a betrayal of long-standing American values ​​of respect for human rights and the expectation of trust and honesty. in our strategic relationships. He places personal relationships and commercial interests above US interests in his desire to continue to act as if nothing had happened with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, "said Ryan in a statement, adding, "President Trump is right to say that the world is very dangerous place. His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make him even more so. "

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In his press release, the president said that "the kingdom has agreed to spend and invest $ 450 billion in the United States," and he warned that punishing the country for killing Khashoggi could jeopardize these transactions. On Wednesday, he thanked Saudi Arabia for the drop in oil prices.

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The early reaction of legislators to Trump's consistent stance towards Riyadh tends to side with Editor Ryan. Here is a sample.

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was a key ally of Trump, but the president's statement proved too difficult even for him, although he blamed National Security Advisor John Bolton. (Most other observers, noting the frequent use of exclamation points in the statement and the emphasis on the economic benefits of US-Saudi relations, have detected Trump's manual work. even.)

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"Khashoggi's statements of President and Secretary of State so far are inconsistent with a sustainable foreign policy, with our national interests, with fundamental human rights and with the greatness of America."

Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, the future chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed dismay at the president's decision to stand with the royal family of Riyadh.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, another loyal Trump ally, argued that the role of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman in Khashoggi's death was a red line.