Geoff Bennett:
The administration by no means punished Saudi leaders for Khashoggi’s killing or for his or her army actions in Yemen.
Trump went so far as vetoing two bipartisan measures that might have banned Saudi weapons gross sales because of their bombing marketing campaign there. All of this colours the $2 billion funding that Kushner acquired from MBS final yr, says Kathleen Clark, an ethics professor at Washington College in St. Louis College of Legislation.
Kathleen Clark, Washington College in St. Louis: Kushner having the ability to exploit his entry to the president, his energy inside the Trump administration, and translate that instantly into private monetary — extraordinary private monetary profit for himself.
I imply, Trump talked about draining the swamp. And we now have a swamp monster on this story.
