MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-16-18] denied having any personal financial interest in Saudi Arabia as his relationship with the country comes under scrutiny amid the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi…Trump had said Monday [10-15-18] that Saudi King Salman ‘firmly denied any knowledge of’ Khashoggi’s disappearance in a call to Trump, which the president quickly relayed to reporters. Khashoggi, a vocal critic of the Saudi royal family who had been living in exile in the United States, was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. The president has alleged that ‘rogue killers’ could be responsible for Khashoggi’s disappearance — a remark that critics seized on as evidence that Trump was parroting Saudi leaders’ narrative.”
–Rebecca Morin, “Trump denies personal financial ties with Saudi Arabia,” Politico, October 16, 2018 9:51 am