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November 21, 2018

WaPo Publisher Blasts Trump over Murder of Columnist Jamal Khashoggi
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Khashoggi worked as a columnist for The Washington Post. In a statement,
the newspaper's publisher and CEO Fred Ryan said, "President Trump is
correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place. His surrender to
this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. … [Trump] is
placing personal relationships and commercial interests above American
interests in his desire to continue to do business as usual with the
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia." On Tuesday, Trump denied he has any
financial ties to Saudi Arabia.

President Donald Trump: "Well, I have nothing to do with Saudi-just so
you understand, I don't make deals with Saudi Arabia. I don't have money
from Saudi Arabia. I have nothing to do with Saudi Arabia. I couldn't
care less."

That contrasts with Trump's comment at a July 2015 rally in which Trump
declared, "I like the Saudis. I make a lot of money with them. They buy
all sorts of my stuff." The Washington Post reports Trump's business
ties with Saudi Arabia go back to the 1990s, with Saudi lobbyists
spending $270,000 last year alone to book rooms at Trump's hotel in
Washington, D.C.


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