Saudi Crown Prince: US President Backs My Round-Up of Corrupt Princes

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman boasted that he had the backing of US President Donald Trump for his November "coup", a source in the country said.


Bin Salman, now the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, told his close aides that Trump had given his explicit support for a power grab, which involved the arrests of 11 princes and hundreds of officials and businessmen in midnight raids across the kingdom.

A source close to the Saudi leader, known by his initials MbS, told Daily Mail that Salman "bragged" about his cozy relationship with the US President and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, claiming that the President backed Salman's takeover.

The claim closely matches an insider account in Michael Wolff's explosive book "Fire and Fury" that the President told his friends, 'We've put our man on top!' – implying that he and Kushner had engineered the Saudi coup.
 (FARS)
 18/1/18