Muhammad bin Salman’s wholesale arrest of fellow princes and prominent businessmen has two specific objectives: to eliminate all potential rivals from his power grab as well as the grand larceny of their wealth. He may have created too many enemies.
With one-foot in the grave King Salman has made his son Mohammed bin Salman the crown prince and wants to make him king but the loyalty of other princes is not guaranteed.
Poverty and Saudi Arabia may appear a contradiction in terms yet the kingdom’s economy has suffered massive blows because of wrong-headed policies. The kingdom is on the verge of bankruptcy.
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