Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal<br />LONDON — Saudi Arabia announced the arrest on Saturday night of the prominent billionaire investor Prince<br />Alwaleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four ministers and tens of former ministers.<br />The prince was part of a group of investors who bought control of the Plaza Hotel in New York from Mr. Trump,<br />and he also bought an expensive yacht from him as well.<br />At 32, the crown prince is already the dominant voice in Saudi military, foreign, economic and social policies, stirring murmurs of discontent in the royal family<br />that he has amassed too much personal power, and at a remarkably young age.<br />Before sparring with Mr. Trump, Prince Alwaleed was publicly rebuffed by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who rejected his $10 million donation for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York<br />because the prince had also criticized American foreign policy.<br />The king had decreed the creation of a powerful new anti-corruption committee, headed<br />by the crown prince, only hours before the committee ordered the arrests.<br />The sweeping campaign of arrests appears to be the latest move to consolidate the power<br />of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the favorite son and top adviser of King Salman.<br />But in a twitter message in 2015 the prince called Mr. Trump “a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America.”<br />@realDonaldTrumpYou are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America.
