Saudi Arabia's crown prince is getting very mixed reactions from G-20 attendees
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sure knows how to make an entrance.
Within minutes of arriving at the G-20 world summit, bin Salman had already made it very obvious which world leaders he was very friendly with — and which he wasn't. For example, take the crown prince's hand-slapping, all-smiles greeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
Meanwhile, things looked a little less cheery when bin Salman met with French President Emmanuel Macron. Shying away from the aggressive arm-wrestling handshake he once shared with President Trump, Macron opted to whisper a cryptic message to the crown prince instead.
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The tense mood surrounding bin Salman's appearance likely partly stemmed from the recent murder of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May promised to bring up the murder, as well as Saudi Arabia's ongoing involvement in Yemen, in a private meeting with the crown prince, Al Jazeera reports. May said she'll ask for an investigation into Khashoggi's death; the American investigation reportedly already concluded that bin Salman was responsible.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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