Opinion: Jamal Khashoggi's words live forever

Scott Simon

November 22, 2025 / 5:00 am

When President Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the Oval Office this week, a reporter asked about Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi journalist was murdered in 2018, according to U.S. intelligence agencies, in an operation approved by the Crown Prince.

"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial," the president replied. "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen."

Jamal Khashoggi came from a prominent Saudi family but fled his country in June, 2017, after he'd become increasingly critical of his government. He said he'd been banned from using Twitter.

He began to write columns for T

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