Donald Trump grew irate with reporters during a Tuesday meeting in the Oval Office with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The president bristled at a question about the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi journalist was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents inside an Istanbul embassy in 2018. The CIA connected the killing to orders from bin Salman. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump waved away a question about his death.

“He’s done a phenomenal job. You’re mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about,” he said. “Whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that.”

Trump seemed to believe that the reporter’s question lacked decoru

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