Donald Trump endosse les valeurs saoudiennes (position éditoriale, New York Times)

Bien difficile de ne pas critiquer la réponse cavalière, grossière, dans le dossier de l'Arabie saoudite. Si bien ds politiciens occidentaux ont préféré détourner le regard plutôt que de confronter le régime de Riyad. personne n'a ouvertement fait si peu de cas du respecter des droits de l'homme et de la liberté de presse. Une fois de plus les intérêts personnels de Donald Trump reviennent sur la tapis. Possible d'imaginer qu'après son départ de la Maison Blanche ils fassent fructifier les activités de ses compagnie dans ce pays?

 "When Mr. Trump did briefly note Mr. Khashoggi’s murder — “a terrible one” — the president repeated Saudi slanders that the journalist was an “enemy of the state” and an Islamist, disingenuously adding that this did not affect his thinking. It’s not the first time Mr. Trump has suggested that this is not someone for whom America should jeopardize its interests.

In the absence of leadership from the president, it falls to Congress to take action and protect America’s standing in the world. Mr. Trump knows he is on a collision course with the legislature: His statement concludes with a challenge to members of Congress who “for political or other reasons, would like to go in a different direction” to go ahead and try."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/opinion/trump-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-salman.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage