President Trump's veto of bill aimed at blocking Saudi arms sales is latest move by a commander in chief who has staunchly supported and praised the Saudi kingdom, despite public criticism.
vetoed three congressional bills Wednesday aimed at stopping more than $8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia
From his earliest days in office, Trump has cultivated Saudi Arabia and placed it at the center of his foreign policy in the Middle East, lauding Riyadh's stance against Iran and its appetite for U.S.-made weapons. "They have been a great ally in our very important fight against Iran," Trump said in a Nov. 20, 2018, statement, not long after the CIA concluded Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, had been killed in Istanbul on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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