Our economic relationship with the Saudi's is as much a reality as is our relationship with the despotic nation of China. Get used to that fact.

In a 20 minute interview with the Wa/Post,  President Donald Trump redefined  his stance that Saudi Arabia's story about the killing of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi, but, gave a strong vote of confidence to the younger Saudi Crown Prince,  Mohammed bin Salman, arguing the United States' relationship with the kingdom is key to his administration's policy objectives in the Middle East  . . . .   and that is a fact.  
"Obviously there's been deception and there's been lies," Trump said in an interview with
The Washington Post when pressed on the many discrepancies in the changing accounts from the Saudis. "Their stories are all over the place."  

During the interview,   Trump included comments about the importance of the economic ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia and Mohammed's role in that relationship,  as is the case with our relationship with China.  Economic realities keep much of the world in alliances that are not preferred,  but must exist. 
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Above text from Greenwich Times and Midknight Review.

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