The administration of US President Donald Trump is unlikely to take action against Saudi Arabia for the disappearance and alleged murder of a US-based Saudi dissident journalist in Turkey, a political analyst and radio host in Washington says.
Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent commentator on Saudi affairs who wrote for The Washington Post’s Global Opinions section, lived in self-imposed exile in the US since September 2017, when he left Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown on critical voices.
Khashoggi, 60, an outspoken critic of the Saudi government who has also slammed Riyadh’s aggression on Yemen, went missing on Tuesday after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a marriage license.
An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he believed Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Arabian consulate.
“I do not see Donald Trump taking any substantive action,” Wilmer Leon told Press TV on Monday.
“He’ll…