Crown prince arming: Trump sells jets to MBS

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Bloor.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  Hong Kong used to have a reputation for being one of its region's more enlightened places,

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  accepting of people of all kinds.

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  But as its government aligns more and more with the mainland,

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  its LGBT communities are feeling an unfamiliar pressure.

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  And we seem to be on a bit of a sluggish trail at the intelligence.

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  We've recently run a segment about snail racing in rural Britain.

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  Now we've got one about shell companies running fake mollusk farms in empty offices.

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  It's a real snail witer.

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  But first...

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  It was an effusive welcome.

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  American President Donald Trump greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House for the first time in seven years.

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  We have an extremely respected man in the Oval Office today and a friend of mine for a long time,

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  a very good friend of mine.

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  I'm very proud of the job he's done.

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  What he's done is incredible in terms of human rights and everything else.

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