So will Trump disclaim knowledge of this plot because he’s usually bored by his daily brief and that he’s been too busy with boofin’ Brett.
The Saudi government bought its friendship with Trump, with military acquisitions, foreign investment, ceremonial extravagance during his 2017 visit and appeals to Trump’s personal interests. (The kingdom’s conspicuous spending at Trump hotels surely didn’t hurt.) Trump, his ego thus stroked, called the Saudis his friends.
Many bad actors have been so befriended.
Trump, at the United Nations, called Egypt’s dictator, Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, his “great friend,” even though Sissi’s government had just arrested the sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the latest move in an expanded campaign of repression.
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They were in town to see Hagia Sophia, because like some Russians who went to see Salisbury Cathedral, it’s worth a day trip to visit great architecture.