White House to host Saudi prince tied by intelligence to journalist's killing

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"... In addition to members of Congress, high-profile business executives are among those on the guest list for Tuesday night’s White House dinner, the official said. They declined to elaborate. Mohammed is slated to hold a U.S.-Saudi investment meeting at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday as part of his visit, which will include panel discussions and roundtables on topics such as biotechnology, defense and green technology.

Trump met with Mohammed in one of the first foreign visits of his second term. In Riyadh, he signed a strategic economic partnership agreement, which includes deals for mining, energy and defense. Trump signed a $142 billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, and Mohammed has pledged to invest $600 billion in the U.S., although analysts caution that some of those promises may be overstated.

... Before Trump, the Biden administration made a similar calculus about working with Mohammed. On the campaign trail after Khashoggi’s killing, Biden promised he would make Saudi Arabia “the pariah that they are.” Instead, during a Middle East trip in 2022, Biden fist-bumped Mohammed and gave him a sitting audience with the leader of the free world.

Trump’s ties to Saudi Arabia go beyond U.S. interests. The Trump Organization, which is led by the president’s sons, has plans for a Trump-branded property in Riyadh, the capital and largest city in Saudi Arabia, and is also working on Trump Tower Jeddah, along the coast of the Red Sea. And Mohammed is a business partner of Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Kushner’s private equity firm has received billions from foreign sources, including the government of Saudi Arabia."



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