'I grab that hand': Saudi crown prince showered with praise in rare meet the press

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with US President Donald Trump in a rare, unscripted Oval Office press briefing. During the meeting, Trump defended the crown prince against questions about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, dismissing a CIA report that implicated him as "fake news." Mohammed bin Salman called the Khashoggi killing a "painful" and "huge mistake," stating that Saudi Arabia had improved its systems to prevent a recurrence. The crown prince came to the meeting with a pledge to invest nearly $1 trillion in the US, including in AI and rare-earth materials, earning him Trump's praise.