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The Week reports: Tom Barrack, a billionaire financier who GOP operative Roger Stone once called President Trump’s “best friend”, defended Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Tuesday while speaking in Dubai on Tuesday. When CNN’s Becky Anderson asked Barrack about the effect the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has had on Saudi Arabia’s global reputation, Barrack first …

According to reports on Twitter, today inauguration planner Tom Barrack told the press that he plans to surround Trump with “soft sensuality” rather than a horde of celebrity A-listers. For real. Barrack, a billionaire real estate investor, spoke at the Republican Convention and was a top fundraiser for the pro-Trump Rebuilding America Now Super PAC. He is also, incidentally, the …