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BREAKING: Mary Bruce GRILLS Trump and Saudi Crown Prince with Questions He Couldn’t Dodge
Good journalism isn’t about comfort, it’s about accountability. During a tense Oval Office moment, Mary Bruce pressed Trump not just on his family’s business ties with Saudi Arabia — asking if it was “appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president” — but also confronted him and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pointing to U.S. intelligence reports that implicated the crown prince.
Trump’s reaction was explosive. He shouted “Fake news. ABC fake news, one of the worst, one of the worst in the business,” when Bruce identified her network. He denied any real conflict of interest in his Saudi business dealings, insisting his family had “done very little with Saudi Arabia.” Then, when Bruce pressed on Khashoggi, Trump brushed it aside with chilling nonchalance: “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman… things happen … but he knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that.” He even told Bruce she didn’t have to “embarrass” his guest by asking such a question.
The response from the crown prince was calmer, but just as telling. He said the killing was “painful” and called it “a huge mistake,” adding that Saudi Arabia was working to “improve our system … to be sure that nothing happened like that … and we are doing our best that this doesn’t happen again.”
If a president can’t handle the basic pressure of being questioned — especially when the questions touch on blood, business, and betrayal — then what does that say about his fitness for the job? The Oval Office demands courage, transparency, and a spine strong enough to withstand scrutiny, not someone who collapses every time a journalist does their duty. Bruce asked what many wouldn’t dare, and Trump’s reaction exposed more than just defensive politics; it exposed a fragile alliance built on secrets and evasions.
The world saw the truth begin to surface in that moment, and the stakes are higher than ever.

