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Donald Trump Praises Saudi Crown Prince While Critics Bring Up Jamal Khashoggi

Praise that is hard to resist frets sometimes on world leaders that he admires. During a recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Trump smothered...

While the former president was busy as ever complimenting, others on the internet had other things in mind, particularly on the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which U.S. intelligence agencies have linked to the Saudi government. JayCo elaborated on the voice, saying “gravelly and low energy,” then added one of the fractions of his sarcasm: “Sad!” Chief Blue then suggested that “someone got a big gift delivered to their room,” referring to the rumored financial ties between Trump and Saudi interests. This exchange goes a bit to show how Trump’s praise-words for foreign leaders that roast in a fire of human rights abuses-never fail to generate immediate backlash, be it on Khashoggi’s killing, Saudi Arabia’s draconian restrictions, or the sheer discomfiture of a former U.S. president showering praise on an autocrat.

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