'I saved his ass': Trump boasted he protected Saudi Crown Prince MBS after Khashoggi's murder

[rogue emissary]

'I saved his a--': Trump boasted that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Jamal Khashoggi's brutal murder, according to Woodward's new book
Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger 2 hours ago

President Donald Trump bragged that he protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the assassination and dismembering of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

"I saved his a--," Trump said amid the US outcry over Khashoggi's killing, according to Woodward's new book. "I was able to get Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop."

The president also told Woodward he doesn't believe MBS ordered Khashoggi's murder, despite the fact that the US and other foreign intelligence services concluded he personally ordered the attack.

After Khashoggi's murder, Trump bypassed Congress to sell roughly $8 billion in arms to the Saudis and the UAE, and vetoed a trio of resolutions blocking the sale as well as a resolution to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-woodward-i-saved-his-ass-mbs-khashoggi-rage-2020-9

A lot of people thought it was Kushner that protected MBS but it's now clear Donny was behind protecting him.

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[Hekate]

2. Trump is a murderer

[MontanaMama]

3. I gasped when I read this.

MF45 needs to GO. NOW.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Hell, EVERY Supporter just loves him more now...we are in BIG trouble with Russia

hacking FL voting rolls, which they now have done.

Be prepared for the unthinkable.

[gratuitous]

4. Still could have been Kushner that protected Mohammed Bonesaw

And Daddy's just running around to the front of the parade to take credit for it, since there doesn't seem to be any damaging political fallout for Khashoggi's murder.

[Mike 03]

5. Despicable.

[kentuck]

6. That's some bad sh*t, right there.

Bragging about "saving the ass" of someone that butchered a reporter for the Washington Post.

[Skraxx]

7. Just Imagine What He's Telling Putin

If he's spilling his guts like this to Woodward just imagine the goods that Putin is getting his hands on...Good lord...

[BComplex]

9. Jamal Khashoggi is the nephew of Adnan Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi was the nephew of the high-profile Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, known for his part in the Iran–Contra scandal, who was estimated to have had a net worth of US$4 billion in the early 1980s. Adnan Khashoggi had claimed that his own grandfather was of Jewish descent.

[still_one]

10. This book is damning

[procon]

11. Trump is a thug.

He admires every thuggish dictator and autocrat, and strives to emulate their criminal conduct.

Trump has always been a thug, and be will always be a thug, taking the low road in every case. For a genocidal maniac, a mass murderer who has already killed tens of thousands of Americans, we can't even say with any certainty that Trump has not ordered extrajudicial murders if individuals, or that he is contemplating how he might get get away with it.

[EleanorR]

12. The Saudis gave the US money

That's all that matters to him. Not the murder which was confirmed by the CIA, not the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, not how the Saudi government treats people. Just a buck.

[Docreed2003]

13. This makes me physically ill...just horrific

Typical mob level shit from Trump. I bet he thinks the prince now "owes" him too

[Jirel]

14. Thank you for the confession.

That's it. That's all anyone needs to say.

Then go after bin Salman, and start looking for ways to get Dump and his Crime Family charged abroad for aiding and covering up the murder.

[Grins]

15. Hey! Bobby!

Remind me again what newspaper Jamal Khashoggi worked for when he was murdered... And what is the paper that you work for?

[dchill]

16. If you're a murderous dictator, he's got your back...

All others can go fish.

[PatSeg]

17. Even if it was Kushner,

I can see Trump taking credit for it, pretty much like he does with everything.

[NewJeffCT]

18. If I'm not mistaken, Khashoggi

was a lawful permanent resident of the US (Green Card holder) and on his way to becoming an American citizen. Plus, he worked for the Washington Post, an American owned company.

Trump chose the Saudis (behind the 9/11 attacks) and MBS over an American.

[duforsure]

19. I will always believe this instead,

Lusher and trump we're well aware of the plot to murder Khashoggi before he was murdered , and why he didn't go after the prince .He was protecting himself and Jared.