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Endorsed by Trump, Saudi Prince Steps Back Out on World Stage

  • Prince Mohammed boosted by breakfast meeting with U.S. leader
  • Questions remain for others though over Yemen, Khashoggi, Iran
Mohammed bin Salman, center, at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29.
Mohammed bin Salman, center, at the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29.Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Seven months ago Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman seemed like the loneliest leader at the party.

Attending the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, he spent two days holed up in the Saudi residence in a posh neighborhood in the capital, avoiding a firestorm over the murder of columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.