CNBC: Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s exuberant handshake at G-20
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday warmly shook hands when they were seated together at the G-20 economic summit in Argentina.
* The hearty hello came two days after the Senate overwhelmingly voted to call for an end to U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen after weeks of suspicion that the crown prince had ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
* The bonhomie also came after Russia seized several Ukrainian naval ships and their sailors, and after Trump’s former personal lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about an aborted plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Two of President Donald Trump’s favorite strongmen — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — warmly shook hands with one another, smiled broadly and laughed when they were seated together Friday at the G-20 summit in Argentina.
Twitter quickly labeled the Putin-MBS palm slap a “bro-five.”
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Update: Watch Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Embrace at the G-20 (Time)
WNU Editor: Any doubts of a growing Saudi - Russian alliance can now be put to rest with this exchange.
