Auch alle andere Kritik versuchte er abzuwehren – wie jene an seiner angeblichen Genehmigung des Mordes an Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul im Oktober 2018 und der Verhaftung möglicher Gegner innerhalb der saudischen Königsfamilie.
This was consistent with his determination to override all other criticism, including of his alleged authorization of the October 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul and the arrest of potential opponents within the Saudi royal family.