Khashoggi Widow Seeks 'Justice' from Trump: A Global Comedy of Hypocrisy
When The Hill highlights Khashoggi's widow calling on Donald Trump for 'justice' against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), it's a stellar example of selective amnesia. Let's remember Trump's own words in 2018, dismissing the CIA's findings on MBS's involvement by saying, 'Maybe he did and maybe he didn't!' while boasting of Saudi arms deals. The US stance under both Trump and Biden has
been a revolving door of denouncements followed by renewed strategic alliances, primarily driven by oil interests and counterbalancing perceived Iranian influence. The hypocrisy deepens when Washington sermonizes on human rights while simultaneously supplying the weapons that enable Saudi Arabia's deadly campaign in Yemen—a conflict responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. To seek
'justice' from a former President who demonstrably prioritized arms sales and political convenience over human lives (in Yemen) is less a plea and more a tragic indictment of a global system that rewards powerful perpetrators rather than holding them accountable. It's almost as if the only atrocities that matter are those that can be packaged for public outrage without disrupting the
military-industrial complex.