U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
The Trump administration responded to the Pensacola Naval Base terror attack by a Saudi military officer by running PR for Saudi Arabia.
Trump tweeted Saudi PR:
His Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined in:
Sen. Chris Murphy noted how unnerving it is for an administration to defend a country whose military officer committed a terrorist attack in the US:
The President Of The United States is defending the home of the terrorist that killed four people in Florida instead of demanding answers.
While the country rightly focuses on Trump’s Russia/Ukraine potential crimes, the question of what Saudi Arabia has on Trump is one of the great mysteries surrounding this administration.
Americans have died on US soil, and Donald Trump is afraid to stand up to the Saudis.
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