![Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist's disappearance]( "Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist's disappearance")
“I think we have to find out what happened first,” Trump told the Associated Press in an interview on Tuesday. Earlier in a Twitter post, Trump said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman denied knowing what happened in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Khashoggi vanished two weeks ago after going there to collect documents he needed for his planned marriage. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident who wrote columns for the Washington Post and he was critical of the Saudi government, calling for reforms.
