A 21-gun salute, a sprawling Marine Corps band, a fighter jet fly-past — and threats against American journalists who might offend the US president’s guest.
Donald Trump’s Oval Office welcome for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quite a display for a man US spies have said was responsible for a murder so shocking that it rendered the kingdom, in Joe Biden’s words, a ‘pariah’.
But Trump had deals to make: advanced US weapons and chips to sell and $1tn worth of Saudi investment to tout in return.
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