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President Donald Trump is speaking connected Wednesday astatine the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum successful Washington, D.C.
Trump's quality astatine the Kennedy Center comes a time aft helium hosted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia astatine the White House.
Bin Salman told reporters connected Tuesday that Saudi Arabia was committing to investing $1 trillion successful the United States, a sharply higher magnitude than the $600 cardinal antecedently pledged.
Bin Salman's sojourn to the U.S. was his archetypal since 2018, erstwhile a Saudi deed squad killed the writer Jamal Khashoggi successful his nation's consulate successful Istanbul. U.S. quality aboriginal concluded that bin Salman approved an cognition to seizure oregon termination Khashoggi.
Trump connected Tuesday claimed that bin Salman "knew thing astir it, and we tin permission it astatine that."
"Things happen," Trump said, successful regards to the execution of Khashoggi, who was a U.S. resident.
"You're mentioning idiosyncratic that was highly controversial," Trump told a newsman who asked astir Khashoggi's killing.
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