Trump confirmed the suspected Naval base shooter who killed three people in Pensacola was a Saudi national. Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose district includes the base, said the attack shows a “serious failure in the vetting process” of foreigners coming to train
and wounded 11 others at a Naval base in Pensacola on Friday morning was a Saudi national and announced that he’d spoken with the kingdom’s ruler about the attack.
But Trump has faced fierce pushback from members of both parties in Congress for his reluctance to punish the Saudi kingdom for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last fall, among other human rights abuses. In doing so, he contradicted the findings of U.S. intelligence services while pointing to Saudi Arabia’s billions of dollars in U.S. weapons purchases and its role as a global oil producer.
“I think there is obviously going to be a lot of questions about this individual being a foreign national, being a part of the Saudi Air Force and then to be here training on our soil and to do this,” he said during a news conference, telling reporters he broached the subject of retribution with Trump.
"I can tell you it's a horrible thing that took place," he said. "And we're getting to the bottom of it, all of the investigators are there now and they are studying it very closely. Terrible things. And our condolences go to the families, to everybody involved."
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