U.S. President Donald Trump will roll out the red carpet for Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Tuesday for a visit expected to advance the sale of F-35 fighter jets and a host of business deals with the kingdom.

Bin Salman, widely known as MBS, last visited Washington just months before U.S. resident and Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Turkey in October 2018. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who often criticized the Saudi royals, entered a Saudi consulate in Istanbul and was never seen alive again.

U.S. intelligence concluded that MBS approved the capture or the grisly killing of Khashoggi . The crown prince denied ordering the operation but acknowledged responsibility as the kingdom's de facto ruler.

The warm welcome he will receive

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