Controversial Saudi golf tournament turns into mini Trump campaign event

Tickets for a controversial Saudi-sponsored tournament at Donald Trump's New Jersey golf course reportedly cost as little as $1.

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Trump and his fans did their best to turn the tournament into a mini campaign event

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Trump was seen raising his fist on the 16th tee with Christian nationalist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) watching the action.

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Trump mocked the new LIV tournament from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

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Families of 9/11 victims and survivors have called on Trump to refuse to hold the tournament.

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In response to the criticism, Trump on Thursday tore into "the crazy people who did that horrible thing" of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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But insisted that "no one has gotten to the bottom of 9/11."

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He insisted to the Wall Street Journal earlier in the week that the response to Khashoggi's brutal killing was "dead."

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In 2016, Trump himself repeatedly pointed to the Saudis as the perpetrators of 9/11.

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

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