Mobster on the left had the journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered and dismembered with a bone saw.

Mobster on the right says that’s just fine: “A lot of people didn't like the gentleman you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen.”

They don't even bother to pretend.

Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump in the Oval Office, before a background of gaudy fake-gold tat.
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