Trump 'stands with' Saudi Arabia and defends crown prince over Khashoggi
by Julian Borger in Washington and Martin Chulov in B from World news | The Guardian on (#43BPK)
President issues extraordinary statement of support and repeats Saudi claim that murdered journalist was 'enemy of the state'
Donald Trump has expressed his unstinting support for Saudi Arabia and claimed there was "nothing definitive" linking Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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