{"id":50999,"date":"2025-11-18T23:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/trump-defends-saudi-crown-prince-over-question-about-killing-of-khashoggi\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:16:20","slug":"trump-defends-saudi-crown-prince-over-question-about-killing-of-khashoggi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/trump-defends-saudi-crown-prince-over-question-about-killing-of-khashoggi\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends Saudi crown prince over question about killing of Khashoggi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/giphy-330.gif\" alt=\"Trump defends Saudi crown prince over question about killing of Khashoggi\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Title: Trump Defends Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi&#8217;s Murder Amidst CIA Findings\n\nIn an unusual turn of events, President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the CIA findings that he approved the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The incident took place in 2018 when Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey.\n\nThe CIA concluded that the crown prince had given his approval for this operation, but Salman has maintained that he knew nothing about it. He called the attack &#8220;heinous&#8221; and &#8220;unjustifiable.&#8221; In a recent statement, Salman said that his country has taken steps to ensure such incidents do not happen again in the future.\n\nPresident Trump&#8217;s defense of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman comes amidst questions regarding potential conflicts of interest due to his family\u2019s business ties with Saudi Arabia. However, Trump dismissed these concerns by stating he had &#8220;nothing to do&#8221; with the family business and that while he helped build a successful business, he decided to leave it behind in favor of making America very successful.\n\nThe meeting between President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman resulted in an agreement whereby hundreds of billions would be invested into the United States by Saudi Arabia in exchange for access to key military and technology assets for the Gulf nation. This deal, announced after a trip to Saudi Arabia in May, highlights the strategic importance of this alliance between two nations despite recent controversies surrounding human rights violations committed by the Saudi regime.\n\nIn conclusion, while there are concerns about potential conflicts of interest and human rights abuses, it seems that both countries are keen on strengthening their economic ties. The significance of this event lies in its implications for US-Saudi relations as well as international diplomacy at large. It remains to be seen how these developments will shape future interactions between nations and what impact they may have on global politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>  [Original Article](https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/11\/18\/nx-s1-5612504\/trump-saudi-arabia-mbs-khashoggi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#trump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my AI projects on <a href='https:\/\/huggingface.co\/ghostail'>Hugging Face<\/a>, join our community on <a href='https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/zgKZUJ6V8z'>Discord<\/a>, and explore my services at <a href='https:\/\/ghostai.pro'>GhostAI<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Trump Defends Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi&#8217;s Murder Amidst CIA Findings In an unusual turn of events, President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the CIA findings that he approved the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The incident took place in 2018 when Khashoggi was killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ghostai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostai.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}