President Donald Trump ignored the shocking executing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi, saying his passing has just been examined and a Saudi vow to burn through billions of dollars on U.S. military hardware "signifies something to me."
International news headline: Mr. Trump, in a meeting on NBC's "Meet the Press," said the subject of Khashoggi "didn't come up" when he and King Salman talked on Thursday, the day after the report was discharged.
The President said the Middle East is a "horrible, threatening spot" and that Iran and different nations in the locale are additionally liable of the sort of conduct Saudi Arabia has been blamed for taking part in. He said the killing of Khashoggi has just been "vigorously researched."
U.S. knowledge offices recently had reasoned that the crown ruler requested that Khashoggi be executed when he went to the Saudi department in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 2 to get archives to wed his Turkish fiancee.
Khashoggi, who had been living in the U.S., censured the Saudi imperial family in his works.
Mr. Trump declined a year ago to punish Saudi Arabia over the executing.
In the wide-running meeting, which was taped on Friday and communicate on Sunday, he focused on the monetary advantages of offering arms to the Saudis.
Saudi Arabia is a major purchaser of [American] item. That implies something to me. It's a major maker of occupations," the president said.
Mr. Trump said "dislike a trick" that will won't work with the U.S. partner, contending that the kingdom will go to U.S. rivals China and Russia if Washington won't offer arms to the Saudis.
"Take their cash. Take their cash," Mr. Trump said.
The Senate casted a ballot a week ago to obstruct the Trump organization from offering arms to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Trump has guaranteed to veto the measure.
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