Saudi Arabia doubles down on its future

The timing was most fortuitous. Three weeks after Saudi Arabia's 81-year-old King Salman welcomed America's 71-year-old President Trump to considerable fanfare, then watched as the latter stumbled his way across Europe -- notably being successfully hand-wrestled by the 39-year-old President of France -- the Saudi King has elevated his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud to the position of crown prince and heir to the throne.

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