For Trump, Instinct After Florida Killings Is Simple: Protect Saudis

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- When a Saudi Air Force officer opened fire on his classmates at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida, on Friday, he killed three, wounded eight and exposed anew the strange dynamic between President Donald Trump and the Saudi leadership: The president's first instinct was to tamp down on any suggestion that the Saudi government needed to be held to account.Hours later, Trump announced on Twitter that he had received a condolence call from King Salman of Saudi Arabia, who c