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President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when a reporter questioned the two on Jamal Khashoggi's death.
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In the past 24 hours, President Trump rolled out the red carpet for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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His first visit to the White House since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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And the moment that stole the show wasn't the F-35 jet deal or even the billion-dollar business agreements
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It was the answer the president gave to a reporter's question. A question directed at both him and the Crown Prince
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This moment right here. Watch. Your Royal Highness, the U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist
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9-11 families are furious that you are here in the Oval Office. Who are you with? Who are you with
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Why should Americans trust you? Who are you with? And the same to you, Mr. President. Now, who are you with? I'm with ABC News, sir
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You're with who? ABC News, sir. Fake news. ABC fake news. One of the worst in the business
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But I'll answer your question. Thank you. As far as this gentleman is concerned, he's done a phenomenal job
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You mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial A lot of people didn like that gentleman that you talking about whether you like him or didn like him things happen But he knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that You don have to embarrass our guests by asking a question like that
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The gentleman he's referring to is Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist murdered and dismembered in 2018
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A killing U.S. intelligence says MBS himself approved. As you heard, President Trump defended the crown prince and brushed off the CIA's findings
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bin Salman then called the killing painful and a, quote, huge mistake
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saying Saudi Arabia did all the right steps afterwards. That tense moment capped a day full of honors, flyovers, red carpets, a black tie dinner
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all as the president promises to sell Saudi Arabia F-35 fighter jets for the first time ever
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Khashoggi's widow told Britain's Sky News after the Oval Office meeting that it was, quote
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shameful to ask reporters not to press the crown prince on the killing
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and that she wishes she could have introduced her husband to him
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