President Trump delivered a shocker today at a meeting between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that was meant to be about investment.

He said he's getting involved in Sudan.

His Majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan.

It was not on my charts to be involved in that. I thought it was just something that was

crazy and out of control. But I just see how important that is to you and to a lot of your

friends in the room, Sudan, and we're going to start working on Sudan. I didn't think that.

Since 1969, Sudan has suffered under some absolutely terrible governments. Those

governments were usually headed by military men who took power in coups and then ruled as

dictators for years. From 2019 to 2021 after a popular uprising, Sudan was on the road to

becoming a democracy. And then there was another coup, led by two generals, former allies,

and what happened next was predictable.

Surprise, surprise.

The military leaders fell out, as thieves and warlords so often do,

and plunge the country into yet another war, which is what we see now.

Today, those two generals stand accused of war crimes, of genocide, and arguably of some of the

most callous disregard for civilian life on record.

Neither one of them seems inclined to stop.

Coming up on today, explained the two men who are destroying Sudan and the one man who could maybe do something about it.

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