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| POTUS points to ‘vicious' world in discussing writer Jamal Khashoggi 's death |
| 2018-11-23 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ President Donald Trump disputed that U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that the de facto leader of American ally Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of a U.S.-based journalist critical of the kingdom’s royal family. Citing vehement denials by the crown prince and king that they were involved, Trump said Thursday that "maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious place. The world is a very, very vicious place." Critics in Congress and high-ranking officials in other countries are accusing Trump of ignoring human rights and giving Saudi Arabia a pass for economic reasons, including its influence on the world oil market. Trump said this week he would not impose harsher penalties on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month. "My policy is very simple: America first, keep America great again and that’s what I’m doing," Trump told reporters after a Thanksgiving Day telephone call with members of the military. The crown prince and his father, King Salman, said they did not commit "this atrocity," Trump said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Life is short, mean and brutish. And I don't really care if a rag like Kashhoggi gets it in the neck along the way... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-11-23 16:57 |
| #4 What, no Saudi version of the Magnitsky Act? Oh, that's right...too late to contribute to the McCain Foundation. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-11-23 12:02 |
| #3 To try and break our triple "alliance" with Saudi and Israel in favor of Turkey, the MB, and Iran BINGO! |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-11-23 10:48 |
| #2 It's a chance for the Left/Anti-American/Pro-Iranian/Obama-Bot Iranian Deal/"Journolists Uber Alles" coalition to try and break our triple "alliance" with Saudi and Israel in favor of Turkey, the MB, and Iran |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-11-23 09:53 |
| #1 Week in Progress (11/18 – 11/24) Shot & Killed: 13 Shot & Wounded: 24 Total Shot: 37 Total Homicides: 13 Chicago Crime 2018 Much fuss about Khashoggi; not so much concern about Chicago from the left. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-11-23 08:26 |