No Small Talk
What Was the Controversy
No Small Talk
What Was the Controversy
President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2025. | Nathan Howard for POLITICO
Trump is such a sterling juege of character.
Asked by a reporter about Khashoggi’s murder during a press conference in the Oval Office, Trump defended the crown prince — “He’s done a phenomenal job,” Trump said of Mohammed, adding: “Things happen, but he knew nothing about it.”
Refering to Khashoggi, the president offered an explanation for his murder: “a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman,” he said.
Trump went on praising Mohammed for his record on “human rights” and declaring that he and the Saudi crown prince have “always been on the same side of every issue.”
Mohammed surprisingly said that “it’s really painful to hear anyone that losing his life for no real purpose or nothing illegal — it’s been painful for us in Saudi Arabia.” And Trump has no problem whatsoever. The murder was gruesome.
NOTE: 2021 the Saudi leader had ordered the 2018 assassination of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi while he was inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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