Defeat Trump
Publisher: Washington Post
Author: Jackson Diehl
15 Mar 2020
Trump’s embrace of Mohammed bin Salman is now costing him dearly
Donald Trump made one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency in the spring of 2017, when he offered an unconditional embrace to the then-emerging 31-year-old ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and adopted his agenda of aggressively confronting Iran. Three years later, as Trump grapples with the greatest crisis he has faced, that choice is costing him dearly.