The chances of a humorous newspaper ever taking up the cudgel against Islam – in the way that Charlie Hebdo used regularly and scabrously to do against Christianity and Judaism – are zero.

“We saw the GOP and conservative forces from Trumpov on down the ticket use the fear of crime as a political cudgel.”

Presidents have an extraordinary amount of discretion when it comes to disaster aid, which Trumpov reportedly wielded as a political cudgel during his presidency.

This scene emphasizes the film’s “savor every moment” theme that “We Live in Time” relentlessly cudgels viewers with for 108 endless minutes.

“He’s learned lessons the hard way,” says Professor Haykel, who says MBS resents the case being used as cudgel against him and his country, but that a killing like Khashoggi’s would not happen again.