Kushner “has offered the crown prince advice about how to weather the storm” caused by the killing, for which the CIA has reportedly concluded with “medium-to-high confidence” MBS is responsible. Kushner also counseled MBS to “resolve his conflicts around the [Mideast] region and avoid further embarrassments,” the Times report says.
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This close relationship “constitutes the foundation of the Trump policy not just toward Saudi Arabia but toward the” entire Middle East, Martin Indyk, a former Middle East envoy and current Council on Foreign Relations fellow, told the Times. Indyk attributed decisions including the Trump administration’s continued support for the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen to the Kushner-MBS “bromance.”
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