Russia and Qatar used the World Cup to soften their autocratic image on the global stage. Trump is using it to double down.

The president called the murdered journalist “controversial,” said MBS “knew nothing about it,” despite U.S. intelligence findings, and attacked the reporter who dared to ask about it.

Donald Trump went above and beyond in welcoming Mohammed bin Salman to the White House for the first time since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Donald Trump defended the Saudi crown prince, even though the CIA determined he ordered Khashoggi’s killing.

The Israeli P.M. can’t love seeing the Saudi crown prince feted at the White House. He has only himself to blame.

Mohammed bin Salman isn’t the head of Saudi Arabia, but Donald Trump is pulling out all the stops for him anyway.

Donald Trump claimed he wanted to give Syria a chance to rebuild itself.

Donald Trump heaped praise on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Donald Trump appears to have dozed off in the middle of a key briefing.

The Trump administration is bragging about making the “largest defense sales agreement in history.”

Between its own self-interest and the Trump effect on international priorities, the country seems to be backing away from its big plans for economic diversification.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman definitely just played Trump.

The decision to reward the corrupt regime with the honor of hosting the cherished tournament is one more instance of the sport’s recent slide into shame.

So long, Sunak, Macron, Trudeau. Hello, Vlad, Viktor, and Kim. What would happen to the United States, and the world, if Donald Trump made it back to the Oval Office? The “leader of the free world” would become a fanboy follower in the unfree one.

The kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are remaking global culture.

The lesson from the LIV Golf takeover of pro golf is that sportswashing works.

The Qatar World Cup never should have happened. But there are signs that the world is finally waking up to the corrupt arrangements that brought it about.

This was the year the Saudi strongman was supposed to become a pariah. Instead, he’s gotten away with murder.

The United States has an opportunity to permanently shift its alliance with this despotic regime. It should take it.

Tough talk about applying antitrust law against the oil cartel means nothing unless we follow through, and the time to do that isn’t now.