While M.B.S. may indeed be feeling sensitive about the U.S., whose outrage over Khashoggi he reportedly couldn’t comprehend, there may still be an opportunity to patch things up. Jared Kushner, his special friend in the White House, will shortly embark on a tour of the Middle East that will include a pit stop in Saudi Arabia. Said pit stop will presumably entail an intimate dinner in which the First Son-in-Law will assure the prince that everyone in Washington has his back, and that together, they’ll get through this.

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On second thought, Deutsche Bank won’t go through with its pledge to help distressed homeowners

Back in late 2016, as part of a $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over crappy mortgage bonds it sold in the lead-up to the financial crisis, Deutsche Bank promised to spend $4 billion on consumer relief. Specifically, the president’s favorite bank said it would help people who were at risk of defaulting on their mortgage payments, locked into extremely high interest rates, or owed more money on their mortgage than the value of their home. Now, Deutsche has taken some time to think that pledge over and has decided not to go through with it at all: