Whos in the Driving Seat of the US Saudi Relationship?

Published: Aug. 23, 2018, 3:06 a.m.

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It\\u2019s graduation day at the end of a religious summer school in Yemen\\u2019s Saada province. A class of young boys are off on a trip to a shrine. In a land of war, they are happy - jostling and full of energy on their school bus.

Moments later, most of the boys are dead. A Saudi-led coalition airstrike has hit their bus. The bomb that was dropped by the Saudis was made in the United States, and Saudi Arabia is the America\\u2019s single biggest customer when it comes to buying arms.

Critics argue that Donald Trump is quietly escalating America\\u2019s role in the Saudi-led war on Yemen, and many, including US Congress, have begun to question the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Will the US support Saudi Arabia no matter what? So on this week\\u2019s Inquiry we\\u2019re asking, who\\u2019s in the driving seat when it comes to the US \\u2013 Saudi alliance?

Presenter: Krupa Padhy\\nProducer: Marie Keyworth\\nResearcher: Dearbhail Starr

(Photo: U.S. President Trump meets Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Al Saud, (c) Getty Images)

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