President Donald Trump has been reluctant to disrupt US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, because, he says, “I’d rather keep the million jobs.” Defense expert William D. Hartung at the Center for International Policy tells host Marco Werman why far fewer American jobs are at stake. And, we get a reality check on how significant Saudi Arabia is as a customer of the US.
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