Jamal Khashoggi was in self imposed exile from Saudi Arabia because of his outspoken criticisms of the Saudi King. Such freedom of speech does not exist in Saudi Arabia. Had he stayed he would have been arrested or killed. So he took up residence in the US and wrote for the Washington Post. He recently sought to obtain divorce papers that would free him to marry his Turkish fiancé. He went to the consulate in Turkey and disappeared.

The Saudis have provided no proof of his leaving the consulate. Senators on the foreign affairs committee have received confidential briefings and apparently evidence that Khashoggi was killed at the consulate. Trump has made statements about serious consequences over the incident. The Saudis have fired back with retaliatory threats regarding the health of the world economy.

Is this Trumps biggest foreign policy nightmare yet? Or just political posturing.

The Saudis are a key component of the US military industrial complex. We sell boat loads of arms to them that they are using in Yemen and they fund our military activity in the Middle East. To say nothing of the petrol dollar connection. Gas prices?