WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should keep its relationship with its Saudi ally amid a crisis in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the president's son, Erik Trump, who called his killing "brutal."
This was reported in American media outlets quoting a recent interview by Eric Trump with Fox News.
"His country is keen to maintain good relations with Saudi Arabia, one of the few allies of the country in the Middle East, along with the UAE and Israel," said Trump Jr., who expressed regret for the brutal killing of the Saudi journalist, saying that Khashoggi's killing was "brutal and terrible." "He said.
"The (American) nation was ready to go beyond everything related to Khashoggi's death," he said.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the CIA briefed the Trump administration on the latest developments and "believes that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the one who ordered the killing of Khashoggi."
But the US president considered the agency's assessment "premature," which US politicians, jurists and media attributed to Trump's desire to "cover Mohammed bin Salman" to preserve Washington's interests.