Former CIA operative and current CNN security analyst Bob Baer says that the President Trump is giving the Saudis cover despite what he said in the Oval Office Wednesday.
When asked about missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump said that he’s “not giving cover at all.”
“I want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week,” the President said.
But Baer said he doesn’t think this will move the needle in terms of the broader relationship between Riyadh and Washington.
“He can’t afford to lose (Crown Prince) Mohammed bin Salman, he can’t afford to break with Saudi Arabia. He’s desperately looking for a way out of this and as more information comes out and more details and forensics, the harder it’s going to be,” said Baer.
“The very fact that the FBI, even symbolically, wasn’t sent to Istanbul tells me we’re not all that interested in the details. And the United States has not called for an international investigative body to look into this, which is the obvious next step,” Baer said.
When asked by reporters, Trump declined to say whether the US has dispatched FBI agents to Istanbul in relation to the case.
“We depend upon Saudi Arabia as much as they depend on us. It’s a very ugly marriage and I don’t see it getting broken up,” said Baer.
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