“Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally but the crown prince was, in my opinion, involved in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi and he’s done a lot of other disruptive things,” the Republican senator explained.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that he disagrees with President Donald Trump’s efforts to force through a multi-billion dollar weapons sale to Saudi Arabia, criticizing the administration for “doing business as usual” with the kingdom.
“The real problem, we’re going back to doing business as usual with Saudi Arabia,” Graham told Wallace. He then spoke positively of other Middle Eastern nations such as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, before reminding Fox News viewers that Saudi Arabia’s de-facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was likely behind the grisly murder of U.S. resident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year.
Trump last week declared an emergency in an attempt to bypass Congress and push through the controversial weapons sale to Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern allies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the $8.1 billion deal would help the kingdom and other allies deter Iran and defend themselves.
Saudi officials at first attempted to cover up the incident altogether, but after intense international backlash eventually admitted that the killing had taken place. Turkish and U.S. intelligence agencies determined that the murder was likely ordered by the crown prince, but Trump refused to take action against the kingdom’s leaders. The president argued that Saudi Arabia was a “great ally” and that the U.S. relied on the kingdom to keep global oil prices low.
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