Now, when we last left our hero, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
the Saudis were struggling to explain the disappearance
of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
They said he left their consulate safely.
Then they used a body double to make it seem like he was alive.
At one point, they were saying that he died in a fistfight Jackie Chan style.
They went through so many explanations, the only one they didn't say
was that Khashoggi died in a free solo rock climbing accident.
They'd be like, "We all know...
it was Khashoggi's dream to summit El Capitan."
"But isn't El Capitan in Yosemite National Park?"
"No, El Capitan is in our consulate in Istanbul."
According to news reports,
the CIA concluded that MbS personally ordered the killing
In response, Germany, Denmark and Finland all stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia.
I know what you're thinking.
"Denmark and Finland were selling arms to Saudi Arabia?"
That'd be like if your grandparents came up to you and were like, "Listen, um...
we're no longer touring with the Black Eyed Peas."
You'd be like...
"Nana, you were touring with the Black Eyed Peas?
Does Taboo talk?" "No, he doesn't."
European countries halting arm sales is really just a gesture
because Saudi Arabia buys the majority of its weapons from the United States,
but now some members of Congress are saying our government should take a stand.
If you want to keep MbS, that's your decision to make, Saudi Arabia.
As long as you make that decision, you're gonna have a hard time with me.
There's a new sheriff in town.
[laughs] Okay. All right!
How many times do you think Lindsey Graham practiced that
in front of the mirror?
He's like, "Come on, Lindsey, let's go. Hey, Lindsey, come on. Hey.
There's a new sheriff in town.
No, that's not it.
Come on, man. You're going on Hannity. Hey, man. There's a new--
Hey, Mohammed, there's a new sher--
Mohammed. New--
Hey, Mohammed, sheriff time.
Hey, Mohammed. Hey, Al-- Sheriff time. God damn it!"
But Lindsey Graham's Wild West cosplay didn't go very far.
[man] In an official statement peppered with exclamation points,
the president wrote, "It could very well be that
the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event.
Maybe he did, and maybe he didn't."
Trump is so ready to give MbS the benefit of the doubt because of the arms deal,
but the benefits of that deal aren't even clear.
You may remember a thing we did here last week
about Donald Trump and the Saudi arms deal
that was originally going to create 40,000 jobs,
but then every time Trump talked about it, he jacked up that number.
It's 450,000 jobs.
It's 500,000 jobs.
600,000 jobs, maybe more than that.
I think it's over a million jobs.
He's saying the arms deal will help create over one million jobs.
Reuters says it will only create hundreds.
So let me get this straight, our range is from hundreds to a million.
Trump is boosting numbers like he's LeBron James in South Beach.
-[man] Not one championship... -Not two.
-LeBron, tell us about that. -Not two, not three, not four, not five,
not six, not seven.
It was two. It was exactly two.
The Thunder and the Spurs.
The potential jobs are at defense contracting firms
like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
They supply weapons to Saudi Arabia that are being used,
you guessed it, in Yemen.
And now, Yemen is at risk of mass starvation and famine.
An estimated 85,000 children have already died of starvation and disease.
I know it's bleak, but there's been some progress
since the last time we talked about Yemen.
A few hours ago, the leader of the Houthi rebels
announced that he's ready for a ceasefire
if the Saudi-led coalition also wants peace.
But even that progress comes at a cost.
While there have been calls for a ceasefire,
that isn't as good as it sounds for Yemeni citizens.
When we hear ceasefire, we may think the worst coming to an end,
but I think for a lot of the combatants, when they hear ceasefire,
it's kind of this urge to get things in to maximize gains.
And by "get things in," he means Saudi has increased its bombing
since talk of a ceasefire began.
Come on, Saudi Arabia.
You don't have to treat the ceasefire like it's last call at Señor Frog's.
There will be other places to bomb, I promise!
Look, I realize America has been complicit in humanitarian crises before.
All presidents do evil shit.
But at least they're vague about it.
This is just blatantly evil shit on White House letterhead.
In his official statement, Trump straight-up says
that it's about money and oil.
That's it. Dick Cheney must be like...
"Wait, we could've just said it?
Do you know how long...
it took us to come up with 'They hate our freedom'?
We work-shopped that shit for months."