President Trump’s $110 billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia could have an unannounced side benefit of giving the United States leverage to reduce the Muslim monarchy’s support for radical clerics, according to Republican lawmakers.

“There’s no doubt there are things the Saudis are going to have to do to improve on as well,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., told the Washington Examiner.

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