Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Thursday morning that he no longer plans to attend an investment summit in Saudi Arabia, as scrutiny of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi intensifies.
Just met with @realDonaldTrump and @SecPompeo and we have decided, I will not be participating in the Future Investment Initiative summit in Saudi Arabia.
— Steven Mnuchin (@stevenmnuchin1) October 18, 2018
Mnuchin had initially resisted canceling his trip even as American business leaders pulled out of the conference and the Saudi government avoided taking responsibility for the apparent killing of Khashoggi by Saudi officials.
Though Mnuchin has now cancelled his trip, the Trump administration has shown remarkable deference to the Saudi government, with the President casting doubt on the mounting evidence that Khashoggi was murdered by the Saudi government.
Instead Jared and I will be communicating with them via Whats App.
I’m OK with him attending as long as his flight has 15 stops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDDspk5ohHUIt’s because… he’s having his teeth sharpened. That’s it. His teeth no longer masticate his food and it’s urgent that he have them sharpened.
How many dismembered US journalists can fit into one Saudi suitcase?
Acording to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Saudi_Arabia
You have to wonder why would a Jewish person such as Mnuchin or Kushner for that matter, would go to bat for a de-facto head of a state that officially hates them?