Karen Attiah: Trump’s ‘Putting Mohammad Bin Salman First and Not America First’

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ATTIAH: “You know, here is what is at stake. Right now again as max said, it is not that we’re asking to throw away the Saudi relationship. The question is whether or not the United States should really be in bed with Mohammad bin Salman. And for all that this white House is looking to give to the Saudis, whether it is complete coverup of murder, giving them a pass for kids napping a prime minister of Lebanon for bringing up diplomatics with Canada with the tweets, right now it is basically about why are we giving unconditional unquestioning support? What are we getting for that? We haven’t gotten anything on the israel/palestinian peace. They have not been able to counter the houthis. And this regime is torturing and retaining women activists, killing journalists. Right now there is absolutely it seems no reason for us to be trusting the 33-year-old prince with our entire Middle East policy. So right now it looks more like we’re putting Mohammad bin Salman first and not America first for that matter. So I think in my heart of hearts it is about the American people, Congress, to do the right thing and impose a strong check on this behavior. Otherwise we are looking at perhaps dealing with a brutal, brutal regime for the next 40 or 50 years and the world and Saudi Arabia deserve much better than this.”