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Trump claims slain journalist Khashoggi was ‘extremely controversial,’ defends Saudi crown prince
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Posted on 11/18/2025 10:38:18 AM PST by Kleon

President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a question about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming that the Saudi dissident journalist was “extremely controversial” and that raising the subject in his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was meant to embarrass his visitor.

“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you liked him or didn’t like him, things happen,” Trump said in the Oval Office.

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KEYWORDS: ciajournalist; djtswayswiththewind; jamalkhashoggi; trumpboughtbymbs; trumpboughtyourmom; yeahno

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1 posted on 11/18/2025 10:38:18 AM PST by Kleon
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To: Kleon

This is old news.


2 posted on 11/18/2025 10:40:01 AM PST by bobrlbob (I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
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To: Kleon

This is old news.


3 posted on 11/18/2025 10:40:12 AM PST by bobrlbob (I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
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To: Kleon

The royal relationships in SA is complicated to say the least.
Was this guy murdered by the state or some branch of the SA govt? Will we ever find the truth?


4 posted on 11/18/2025 10:41:04 AM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: Kleon

OLD NEWS


5 posted on 11/18/2025 10:42:28 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

It just happened.


6 posted on 11/18/2025 10:42:58 AM PST by Kleon
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To: Kleon

The Democrat Media has nothing new.
Kashoggi?
Really?

Bitter clingers?


7 posted on 11/18/2025 10:44:28 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: Kleon
It just happened.

The question has already been asked and Trump has answered it similarly, so it's not new.

8 posted on 11/18/2025 10:45:15 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Kleon

Old news. Its Still old news.


9 posted on 11/18/2025 10:52:22 AM PST by Bayard
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To: Kleon

He was really not a journalist even though he seemed to “work” as one. What “journalism” he was working at he was doing on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization the Saudis booted out of Saudi Arabia and one the Saudis see as an existential threat to their government and leadership, political and religious. He got “journalism” gigs where ever he could peddle anti-Saudi tunes.


10 posted on 11/18/2025 10:56:37 AM PST by Wuli ( )
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To: Kleon

Kashoggi’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood was closer than Al Jazeera’s relationship to the Emir of Qatar.


11 posted on 11/18/2025 10:58:42 AM PST by Wuli ( )
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To: Kleon

Khashoggi was a piece of shiite, was NOT a journalist, and no one should have shed a single tear over his gruesome demise, except maybe the the Al Queda and Hezbollah terrorists that he defended in his 3 WaPo editorials.


12 posted on 11/18/2025 11:07:18 AM PST by montag813
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To: Kleon

“journalist”


13 posted on 11/18/2025 11:07:36 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Kleon

I was watching live. The ABC journalist asked the question in a very rude way. Trump schooled her on rudeness a bit later on...lol


14 posted on 11/18/2025 11:13:08 AM PST by BamaBelle (Psa 143:8 - ...cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.)
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To: Wuli

Believe it was his friendship and aiding Osama Bin Laden, FOR the Muslim Brotherhood which earned him the enmity of the senior hierarchy of the House of Saud. They got rid of Ibn Talwaleed (former 25% owner of ABC TV and affiliates and other media in the US, and who offered Mayor Giuliani 10 million dollars to “say sorry for the 9/11” attacks- to which Giuliai’s reply was total rejection and abused him verbally, Islamofascist, and uh friend of the Demonrats too, btw).

Then comes in Bin Salman the defacto head of the House of Saud, the senior being demented and living in Switzerland. And— the end of Khashoggi, via the defenders of the Royals within their secret service. Too bad so sad. Khashoggi was NEVER a journalist- many many photos of him aiding arms shipments to the al-qaeda just for starters (not counting John McCains idiotic aiding of the “moderate ISIS/L” which turned out to be... “Al Qaeda, dumba@@”!).

So bye bye Khashoggi- the “reporter” from the old Clowns In Action owned WaPo which Bezos got with a 600 million dollar LOAN from the same Clowns! How does THAT happen. Lets ask Obamaumao the First mack daddy halfling Muslim Brotherhood brothuh!


15 posted on 11/18/2025 11:26:24 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Wuli

He Found Out.


16 posted on 11/18/2025 11:30:08 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Drew68

The WaPo doesn’t want us jumping to the conclusion that it was “a good start”...


17 posted on 11/18/2025 11:31:21 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: John S Mosby

Benedict Obamfeces...


18 posted on 11/18/2025 11:33:28 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

My construct of him-— Mau Mau (his daddy helped Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya, if it was his ‘daddy’) and Mao as in Chairman Mao the murderous Communist bammy adhered to in his Alinsky shrunken mind.

Oba-Mau-Mao (the First, and Last, no matter how hard Moochie the Wookie tries to stay even remotely relevant or, truthful).

Thanks, scatalogically referencing this animali.


19 posted on 11/18/2025 11:38:01 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: Wuli; All

One other major thing— who WAS Khashoggi? He was a nephew of Adnan Khashoggi, the major Saudi arms dealer known as “Dr. Death” (he’s now dead), supply arms to terrorism worldwide. He and his fancy yacht to traffic (white) women and others. Same yacht Adnan sold to the Sultan of Brunei who then sold it to DJTrump who then sold it to the aforementioned LOSER Al-Waleed bin Talal (who used to own a lot of ABCTV, and pissed of Giuliani.

This was when Trump was purposefully losing money on the Atlantic City Taj Mahal casino— to lure in the Mafia scum and set them up to be wiped out (well known by now that Trump and the good FBI worked together to bust and remove the Philly mob and Nicky Scarfo. Thus the bad FBI has it in for him, for years after- the crook fibbies, including Wray and Louis Freeh).

Jamal Kashoggi was NO journalist- he continued the nasty arms sales business while posing at WaPo stringer (and working for the Clowns In Action, who thought he was an asset for crap’s sake!). Bin Salman didn’t need to know— his loyal Royal security took care of Osama’s pal and promoter.


20 posted on 11/18/2025 12:01:16 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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