(Bloomberg)—President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be “foolish” to cancel arms deals with Saudi Arabia in response to the controversy surrounding the fate of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. At a White House event with U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, who arrived in Washington after being freed in Turkey, Trump said China and Russia would be ready to swoop in and get the business. In an excerpt from an interview with “60 Minutes” released earlier today, the president added pressure on the kingdom, vowing “severe punishment” should the kingdom’s leaders be linked to his disappearance. He said the U.S. could take strong measures that he didn’t specify. “Nobody knows” whether Saudi officials are involved although they “deny it vehemently,” Trump said in an excerpt of the CBS News program taped Thursday and to be broadcast Sunday night. “It’s being looked at very, very strongly. We would be very upset and angry if that was the case.” “We’re going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment,” the president said in the CBS interview. “Could it be them? Yes.” Khashoggi, a Saudi critic of the regime, hasn’t been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to pick up a document fo
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