mohammad bin salman, a lot were saying he s a reformer, called king cahn. this thing gets worse every day with every new detail we learn. i think it gets worse because he got away with so much. he crossed so many lines. there s not one norm he did not shatter. you re saying mohammad bin salman. he kidnapped a prime minister last year, got away with it. he actually beat him up. i believe what the turks are saying. i think every embassy, every consulate around the world is bugged. this is how they know. they know within hours and they said he was killed. we know he was targeted. when i interviewed jamal, he freely told me multiple times and even in interviews with other people, why don t you go to saudi arabia? why don t you go back? he said because i don t want to end up in prison. and privately he told friends i don t want to be killed, like the many people who disappeared and were killed. regarding president trump i think he said in some interviews recently he said, well, am i s
mohammad bin salman, a lot were saying he s a reformer, called king cahn. this thing gets worse every day with every new detail we learn. i think it gets worse because he got away with so much. he crossed so many lines. there s not one norm he did not shatter. you re saying mohammad bin salman. he kidnapped a prime minister last year, got away with it. he actually beat him up. i believe what the turks are saying. i think every embassy, every consulate around the world is bugged. this is how they know. they know within hours and they said he was killed. we know he was targeted. when i interviewed jamal, he freely told me multiple times and even in interviews with other people, why don t you go to saudi arabia? why don t you go back? he said because i don t want to end up in prison. and privately he told friends i don t want to be killed, like the many people who disappeared and were killed. regarding president trump i think he said in some interviews recently he said, well, am i
united states citizen. is that right? permanent resident. he s a permanent resident, okay. he s a u.s. permanent resident. that figure of $110 billion is, as the brookings institution put it last year, fake news. beyond the president s rue joining me now someone who might have an answer, washington post reporter, david farenthold who s been writing for months about donald trump s business ties with saudi arabia. it s good to have you both here. let me start, david, with you about the business ties. this is an administration that went all in on the saudis, all in on mohammad bin salman from the beginning and a president who has long standing business connections to the saudis. that s right. trump has been dealing with this saudi businessman since back in the 1990s. but looking more recently he s dealt with the saudi government, a complex of apartments from im we ve seen three of his biggest hotels, the hotels are struggled to attract american customers, three have gotten
as the brookings institution put it last year, fake news. beyond the president s rue te te joining me now someone who might have an answer, washington post reporter, david farenthold who s been writing for months about donald trump s business ties with saudi arabia. it s good to have you both here. let me start, david, with you about the business ties. this is an administration that went all in on the saudis, all in on mohammad bin salman from the beginning and a president who has long standing business connections to the saudis. that s right. trump has been dealing with this saudi businessman since back in the 1990s. but looking more recently he s dealt with the saudi government, a complex of apartments from im we ve seen three of his biggest hotels, the hotels are