The head of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman (aka, MBS), was given the red carpet treatment by President Trump as he was welcomed to the White House on Tuesday.
Their literal embrace underscores the disturbing fact that both men, not unlike the Murder, Incorporated gangsters of the 1930s, are practitioners of extra-judicial killings.
MBS is widely known to have ordered the murder and dismemberment of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which was then carried out by his personal guards.
And Donald Trump has, to date, murdered 80+ alleged drug smugglers in international waters, claiming that they were transporting fentanyl from Venezuela into the United States.
He has yet to provide any concrete evidence that these dead sailors were actually smugglers, or that they were carrying fentanyl destined for the U.S. In fact, there is no evidence that Venezuela is involved in the production or transportation of this drug, the vast majority of which comes through the southern border with Mexico.
MBS is a member of the Saudi royal family, a dictator who answers to no one but himself. Thus, he is free to commit murder at will.
Trump, on the other hand, is required by the laws of the U.S. to follow certain rules when it comes to attacking civilian targets in international waters. His use of the military to kill civilians is clearly unlawful, and could be challenged by Congress and/or the Department of Justice, but both institutions are powerless to stop him—Congress by choice, and the DOJ because it is now led by Trump's personal defense attorneys.
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