Ned Price: Trump Admin Has Allowed the Saudis to Get Away with Murder on Our Soil

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PRICE: "It’s an incredibly important story because it adds a missing dimension to our understanding of this Administration’s relationship with Saudi Arabia. We've seen the impunity with which this Administration has granted Riyadh on the world stage. The Trump Administration did nothing when the Saudis picked a fight with our neighbor to the north, with the Canadians. They’ve gone along with Mohammed bin Salman’s disastrous war in Yemen. They essentially kidnapped the Lebanese Prime Minister with no recriminations. And of course, Trump has gone along with the blockade they instituted on Qatar where we have more than 10,000 troops. And we all heard, of course, nothing in response to the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. I think what we learned from this story is it’s a much more multidimensional relationship. What the Trump Administration has allowed the Saudis to do is to essentially get away with murder on our soil. To cut an ankle bracelet, to provide a car, to provide a private plane, to post bail, and then to accept someone who is absconding from horrific crimes, murder and rape in these cases, that takes sophisticated support. That’s precisely what it seems the Saudis have provided with no repercussions from the Trump Administration."