On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that he will not take strong action against Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The Trump White House today condemning the murder but making clear he will not boycott the Kingdom at this time for involvement with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump declined to say that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Arabian crown prince, ordered the killing of Islamist journalist Jamal Khashoggi despite leaked reports that the CIA has reached that conclusion.
The liberal media wants President Trump to break ties with Saudi Arabia over the Khashoggi murder.
On Tuesday afternoon President Trump said he would not boycott or abandon Saudi Arabia over the Khashoggi murder.
President Trump spoke to reporters on his way to Mar-a-Lago.
President Trump: It’s a very simple equation for me. I’m about make America great again and I’m about America first…
We may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi. In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They have been a great ally in our very important fight against Iran… Right now we have oil prices in great shape. I’m not going to destroy the world economy and I’m not going to destroy the economy for our country for being foolish with Saudi Arabia. I think the statement was pretty obvious for what I said. It was about America First.
