"When the F-35s tore across the sky above the White House on Tuesdaylow, loud, and flying in a perfect Vit looked less like a foreign visit and more like a demonstration. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wasn't just being welcomed back to Washington. He was being showcased, affirmed, and rehabilitatednot despite what happened seven years ago, but because the price had been paid."
"In 2018, the CIAunder Trump's own leadershipconcluded that Mohammed bin Salman ordered the kidnapping, murder, and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. For a brief moment, the world understandably treated MBS as a pariah: a ruler so threatened by criticism that he had a journalist butchered for writing what he didn't want to read. His reputation wasn't just damaged; it was radioactive."
"That reputation began to shift in the precise window after former Trump senior aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner left the White House and before President Donald Trump's return looked plausiblebut not impossible. In that stretch of time, the Saudis moved nearly $2 billion into Kushner's private equity fund. They didn't disguise it. They didn't need to. It was the cleanest way to acquire something more durable than favor: a stake."
An F-35 flyover and high-profile reception presented Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as showcased and rehabilitated after the Khashoggi killing because a financial price had been paid. The CIA concluded that MBS ordered Jamal Khashoggi's kidnapping, murder, and dismemberment, which made him a pariah. The Saudis invested nearly $2 billion in Jared Kushner's private equity fund during a window when his political return seemed possible, buying a durable stake rather than mere favor. That investment tied long-term wealth to foreign goodwill and aligned political preferences by embedding mutual financial interest.
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