MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday [10-18-18] as the White House struggles to contain a spiraling crisis over a journalist’s apparent death at a Saudi consulate. Trump stressed Wednesday [10-17-18] that he does not want to abandon Riyadh as it comes under increasing pressure to explain the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who has not been seen since entering the consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2. Trump denied that he was ‘giving cover’ to Saudi Arabia, insisting that he wants to get to the bottom of what happened…Pompeo, who returned to Washington on Wednesday after an emergency diplomatic mission to meet Saudi and Turkish leaders, has also faced criticism that the US was giving the Saudis ‘the benefit of the doubt.'”
–Bard Wilkinson, “Trump to meet with Pompeo as Khashoggi crisis engulfs White House,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 18, 2018 3:53 am