Saudi Prince’s Protectors Can’t Stop Speculation Over His Fate
He’s backed by his father and Donald Trump, but what may await Mohammed bin Salman is still the talk of the town in Riyadh.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been spending remarkably more time with his father in public since the international condemnation of last month’s murder of a U.S.-based newspaper columnist. They pressed the flesh with Saudis on a tour of conservative heartlands and last week inaugurated a giant industrial park together.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, did his bit to shield the prince. He has repeatedly avoided laying blame for the Oct. 2 killing of Jamal Khashoggi and lauded Saudi Arabia for a sharp drop in oil prices.