ANALYSIS-Behind Trump defense of Saudi crown prince, a deeper US shift on human rights
Published on: Nov. 20, 2025, 7:33 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
"His words and actions give a green light to strongmen to do whatever they want." Trump has focused this week instead on helping Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler rehabilitate his global image, giving him red-carpet treatment at the White House, touting burgeoning economic and security ties with the world's biggest oil exporter, and bringing him together with top U.S. CEOs. That has jibed with the U.S. administration's seeming willingness to overlook alleged human rights abuses by other Trump-friendly leaders such as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
