WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th October, 2018) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he thinks Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is dead.
When reporters asked if he thought Khashoggi was dead Trump responded, "It certainly looks that way to me. It's very sad."
Trump also said that if Saudi Arabia is found to be behind Khashoggi's death, the kingdom will face "very severe" consequences.
Khashoggi vanished after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2 in order to obtain a document for his upcoming marriage. The Washington Post reported that Turkey has informed US officials about audio and video evidence suggesting that the journalist was murdered in the Saudi consulate.
Earlier on Thursday, Trump met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who just returned from meetings in both Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Pompeo said he told Trump to give the Saudis a few more days to complete their investigation into Khashoggi's disappearance before deciding on a US response.
