Gerard Butler Pulls out of Saudi Trip amid Khashoggi Scandal

[sluttyroyals]

. @GerardButler pulls out of Saudi film trip amid Khashoggi scandal https://t.co/iEpJCKQNJZ pic.twitter.com/XWJMZiRAcS
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 12, 2018

• The actor was due to land in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following stops in London and Tel Aviv to promote action thriller Hunter Killer, which was having its premiere in Riyadh that night,

Comments

[zoaster_toaster]

I'm confused as to what led to Khashoggi's death - was it ordered by a government?

[outpour]

It was apparently ordered directly by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

[zoaster_toaster]

JFC THAT'S HORRIFYING

[jarellano89]

Apparently he was interrogated and then tortured. He flew in a squad of people to handle everything, which included a bone saw

[sluttyroyals]

so much for that ~progressiveness he's been so lauded for.

[jaequeeragenda]

is that the guy that the Rock had dinner with last year or something? :O

[outpour]

Oh yeah. When he visited, everyone in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Washington rolled out the red carpet for him.

[jaequeeragenda]

wowwwwww and i just did a quick google and it happened this year?? felt like ages ago wow

[sluttyroyals]

that's the likeliest scenario.

[mjspice]

[aristobrit]

Richard Engle at NBC says Khashoggi recorded his own murder on his Apple Watch. It was streaming to the Cloud ...then to his iphone which his fiance had

[jarellano89]

What do you think will happen? There's no way he can get out of this and I wouldn't be surprised if Trump throws the prince under a bus

[aristobrit]

I don't know, but I doubt Trvmp will do anything. They literally own him, and he cares nothing about the death of a journalist, regardless of nationality. He would lock them all up if he could, he hates a free press. He's constantly saying they're "the enemy of the people," which is what Hitler said to brainwash Germans.

The problem is that Congress is controlled by the GOP, so they won't do anything to force Trvmp to take action. He will probably literally do nothing until some other big event happens and he thinks people have forgotten about this. That's what he does with every scandal.

Turkey is currently in negotiations with Saudi Arabia to work out a deal where SA pays Turkey off to let this drop. None of them really care about someone getting murdered over freedom of speech. They're all fascists/dictators who will do whatever they want until they're brought down. Saudi's Crown Prince's nickname is "Little Sadam," so that should tell you.

[miwa201]

he was a US resident, not a national. that's the excuse trump is using

[littlebones]

i saw that fake photo of him "leaving" the embassy, which was just his entrance flipped over...

but like, he clearly hasn't been seen since. have they claimed anything about that? is he supposed to be "in hiding" or something according to the saudis?

[turtleisland]

This is horrifying, and Trump is going to sweep it all under the rug. His reaction already has been so callous.