Inside the Trump-MBS Alliance

The FRONTLINE Dispatch by FRONTLINE PBS, WGBH

Jul 30, 202624:35News & Politics

Veteran correspondent and filmmaker Martin Smith discusses the evolution of the Saudi-U.S. relationship and how Trump and MBS bypassed diplomatic norms to form a new kind of alliance.

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