{"id":381816,"date":"2018-10-21T01:22:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T00:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/not-satisfied-after-all-trump-wants-more-answers-but-wont-scrap-saudi-deals-over-khashoggi-case-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-10-21T01:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T00:22:59","slug":"not-satisfied-after-all-trump-wants-more-answers-but-wont-scrap-saudi-deals-over-khashoggi-case-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/not-satisfied-after-all-trump-wants-more-answers-but-wont-scrap-saudi-deals-over-khashoggi-case-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not satisfied\u2019 after all? Trump wants more answers, but won\u2019t scrap Saudi deals over Khashoggi case \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.10\/thumbnail\/5bcbc31afc7e93ff108b45ff.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        After initially saying the Saudi version of journalist Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s accidental death seems plausible, Donald Trump now insists that he is not yet \u201csatisfied\u201d with their answer, but won\u2019t pull out of trade deals with Riyadh.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that the Washington Post columnist had died in an accidental <em>\u201cfistfight\u201d<\/em> that erupted inside its consulate in Istanbul on October 2, and announced the first arrests in the probe. While the US president immediately welcomed the news as a <em>\u201cgreat step,\u201d<\/em> reluctant to endanger multi-billion-dollar trade deals with the Crown, Trump said he finds the explanation credible yet was waiting for more information from Riyadh before any sanctions could be introduced against the Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not satisfied until we find the answer,\u201d<\/em> Trump told reporters in Nevada on Saturday. \u201c<em>Nobody seems to know [where Khashoggi\u2019s body is]. It is a concern. We like to find out where it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/441842-europe-demands-investigation-khashoggi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Inadequate\u2019: Europe dissatisfied with Riyadh\u2019s Khashoggi death story, Berlin talks arms sale freeze<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith all that being said, we have $450 billion, $110 billion of which is a military order&#8230;I think it&#8217;s over a million jobs \u2013 that is not helpful for us to cancel an order like that. But there are other things which could be done, including sanctions,\u201d<\/em> Trump noted.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"media__youtube-frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r4o7RU0NYso\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Explaining that he was planning to discuss the investigation with the Saudis <em>\u201csoon,\u201d<\/em> Trump promised to have an <em>&#8220;answer&#8221;<\/em> by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/441790-trump-khashoggi-saudi-explanation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Trump finds Saudi version of Khashoggi death credible, touts arms deals with \u2018great ally\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, concerned over the journalist&#8217;s fate, twenty-two senators sent a letter to Trump demanding an independent probe into Khashoggi\u2019s disappearance and alleged murder, under the Global Magnitsky Act. Under the 2016 law, the White House has 120 days to conduct the probe and impose sanctions on those responsible. Trump promised to work with Congress on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/441785-saudi-intelligence-agency-restructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Saudi prince MBS put in charge of intel purge following Khashoggi death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in the Turkish capital of Istanbul on October 2 and hasn\u2019t re-emerged since. Turkish officials, mostly on condition of anonymity, blame the Gulf country for the brutal killing of Khashoggi, who was a known critic of the Saudi regime and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in particular.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you like this story, share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/441845-trump-khashoggi-not-satisfied\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After initially saying the Saudi version of journalist Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s accidental death seems plausible, Donald Trump now insists that he is not yet \u201csatisfied\u201d with their answer, but won\u2019t pull out of trade deals with Riyadh. Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that the Washington Post columnist had died in an accidental \u201cfistfight\u201d that erupted inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}