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Saudi Arabia is learning the hard way: they can’t count on Trump for protection | Mohamad Bazzi
After Houthis escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, the US turned down calls from MBS for help For years, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cultivated a close relationship with Donald Trump and his son-in-law and former top adviser, Jared Kushner. The prince understood the president’s transactional approach to power: he signed deals to buy billions of dollars’ worth of US weapons and invested billions more in American companies. Days after Trump returned to the White House in…
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