Trump Says MBS 'Knew Nothing' About Khashoggi, Cites Global Leaders' Unwavering Trust
One might recall this isn't Trump's first rodeo covering for authoritarian leaders; he also defended Putin regarding election interference. While corporate media frames this as a 'Trump says, intel report finds' dichotomy, the unstated truth is the long history of US administrations prioritizing oil and arms deals over human rights. Khashoggi's murder, according to the 2021 declassified report by
the Director of National Intelligence, was approved by MBS himself. The collective amnesia surrounding such 'inconvenient' truths allows leaders like Trump to rehabilitate image, confirming that in geopolitics, a prince's word, especially when backed by oil, often outweighs inconvenient intelligence. How many journalists must be dismembered before US foreign policy finds its spine? For now, it
seems the price of 'stability' remains tragically high.