Trump, Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman brush off criticism of Khashoggi killing
... On Tuesday, bin Salman said, “You know, I feel painful about, you know, families of 9/11 in America. But, you know, we have to focus on reality.”
“Reality based in CIA documents, and based on a lot of documents that Osama bin Laden used Saudi people in that event, for one main purpose, is to destroy this [relationship], to destroy the American-Saudi relation,” bin Salman said.
“It’s really painful to hear .... anyone that been losing his life for you know, no real purpose or ... not in a legal way,” bin Salman said, referring to Khashoggi.
“And it’s been painful for us in Saudi Arabia,” the prince said. “We did all the right steps of investigation ... in Saudi Arabia, and we’ve improved our system to be sure that nothing happened like that. And it’s painful, and it’s a huge mistake, and we are doing our best that this still doesn’t happen.” ...
