Trump: Saudi Arabia decision about 'America First'
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(20 Nov 2018) President Donald Trump said the CIA never made a determination about who killed Saudi writer and critic Jamal Khashoggi. He says intelligence officials never had anything "definitive." Trump was questioned at the White House about his decision not to further punish Saudi Arabia for the death of a U.S.-based columnist for The Washington Post, who has been critical of the kingdom. He said oil prices would "skyrocket" if the U.S. made a "terrible mistake" to break with Saudi Arabia. He said he was not going to "destroy" the world's economy by being "foolish with Saudi Arabia," Trump said, adding that the United States needs Riyadh as a counterbalance to Iran He says he's focused on is "putting America first." The president also defended his daughter, Ivanka Trump, over revelations she used a private email account for work in the White House. Trump said Ivanka's emails "weren't classified like Hillary Clinton's," and he said none of the emails were ever deleted. Trump made the comments as he left the White House for Mar-a-Lago for the Thanksgiving holiday. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ff6a62acc9e3a998f4bf7b9603133950
