Everything is going wrong for Muhammad bin Salman

u1hcw9nx 37 points 62 comments October 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)

MisterMunchkin

This is the problem with having a king, all it takes is one moron and you destroy your country. Anyone could have told you his genius ideas like “turn a city into a thin line across desert/mountains” were the stupidest thing anyone had ever said. But you can’t tell him because he’s the king and he’ll kill you.

nacozarina

“All that money and no idea what to do with it.”

franczesko

He get the Darwin award for restarting the current conflict in Yemen

trilogic

I consider Paywalled an ad, flagged.

eldgfipo

Little thug who took power through brute force then thought he could bully the world like he bullied people all around him his whole life. Too bad the spot is already taken by the Don.

raymond_goo

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claykkari

It's quite a lesson in unintended consequences: trying to bring about regime change in Iran may end up achieving exactly that in Saudi Arabia instead.

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