World Blog by humble servant. Saudi Arabia does not represent Islam.Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, called Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘‘unstable and unreliable’’ and said he and other senators were discussing sanctions against the longtime US ally in the wake of a Saudi columnist’s murder.
By Steven T. Dennis and Karen Leigh BLOOMBERG NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, called Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘‘unstable and unreliable’’ and said he and other senators were discussing sanctions against the longtime US ally in the wake of a Saudi columnist’s murder.
An influential policy hawk in Congress who frequently advises President Trump, Graham said he and like-minded colleagues don’t yet have a plan of action, but lambasted the leadership of Saudi Arabia’s 33-year-old de facto ruler.
Prince Mohammed ‘‘has been unstable and unreliable and I don’t see the situation getting fixed as long as he’s around,’’ Graham said.
Asked if he was calling for a new crown prince to be named, Graham said it was up to Saudi Arabia.
Graham has taken a much more strident tone against the prince than the president since Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month. An authoritative Republican voice on relations with the Saudis, Graham has previously said the royal is a ‘‘toxic’’ figure who ‘‘can never be a world leader on the world stage,’’ but his latest comments go further.
The South Carolina Republican is among a number of lawmakers, both Democrats and Republicans, who have pushed for action against Saudi Arabia .
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