Trump hails Saudis as 'spectacular ally' in wake of CIA Khashoggi reports

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico


By QUINT FORGEY 11/17/2018 08:45 AM EST

President Donald Trump on Saturday heralded Saudi Arabia as a “spectacular ally” two days after his administration leveled sanctions against 17 Saudi officials for the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The president said he had not yet been briefed by the CIA on the latest developments in the investigation into Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month, but he would speak to intelligence officials and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later Saturday.

Trump demurred on any potential involvement by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom the CIA has concluded ordered Khashoggi’s assassination by a team of Saudi agents, according to a report first published Friday by the Washington Post.

“As of this moment we were told that he did not play a role,” the president told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, before embarking to California to observe the devastation from a spate of wildfires that have torn across the state, killing more than five dozen and leaving hundreds missing. “We’re going to have to find out what they have to say.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/17/trump-saudis-khashoggi-cia-gulen-1000487

[2naSalit]

1. So blatantly obvious.

[BlueStater]

2. Asshole.

I'll never get over the fact that two of the 44 people who became president, out of the hundreds of millions who have lived in our country since its inception, were George W. Bush and Donald fucking Trump. Horrendous.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Say What?

"As of this moment we were told that he did not play a role,” the president told reporters.

"We were told". By whom? Who told you this? Not the CIA. Not Turkish intelligence. Not anyone who knows.

Oh yeah, told by Fox News. For God's sake, turn off the goddam TV.

[hedda_foil]

12. Nah, he got it straight from the crown Prince his own self.

Just like Putin told him the Russians didn't steal the election for him.

[Botany]

4. Our "spectacular ally's" handy work.

[dalton99a]

7. .

[Botany]

10. And the wife of the ambassador from Saudi Arabia paid for the room and board and expenses for ....

.... some of the hijackers out of her own checkbook.

'spectacular ally' my ass.

[dalton99a]

13. Yep. There was official support.

[dalton99a]

5. Wannabe despot hails murderous despot as 'spectacular ally'

[uppityperson]

20. ++++

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. In other news, the Orange Anus questions if gravity is real.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Am I expected to believe that Trump has not been briefed yet, 2 days after his administration

leveled sanctions against Saudi officials? What does he do with his time?

[dalton99a]

9. Proper nutrition is time-consuming

That and watching Fox News

[turbinetree]

11. Okay shit for brains: "As of this moment we were told that he did not play a role,"

what voice in your head did you hear that from....... .........the CIA said that your psychopathic bud, was involved.

Are you that fucking "nuts"..................

And then asshole, you keep forgetting that Khashoggi was "O" carrying card citizen of the United States and has three children that are United States Citizens........................


And now your going to California................stay the fuck away, you are not welcome, your like a "Pine Beetle"................... .

[duforsure]

14. Once again will we find out

He knew that the prince was going to murder Ghashoggi after he was told of the plot from intel people? That's why now he's trying to protect him , and send to Turkey to appease them by giving them someone who lives in this country they also plan on killing? Sounds pretty corrupt and criminal to me . It'll be exposed if he did any of this.

[watoos]

15. In his own words,

he did find something to say that pleased him about 9/11. With the destruction of the twin towers Trump bragged that his tower was the tallest in NYC.

[Nitram]

16. "Spectacular?" How about, "spectacularly heinous", "spectacularly barbaric", and

"spectacular liars"?

[Bayard]

17. Spectacularly clueless sociopath

Once again, tRump is being played, or he just doesn't give a rat's ass. We know how much he hates reporters/journalists.

The Arabs have honed this game for hundreds of years.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. How are they an ally?

Seriously. Because they buy weapons from us? Because they sell us cheap oil? Most of the 9/11 terrorists were from SA. They have a barbaric record on human rights. They are bombing Yemen (with US supplied weaponry) and starving millions.

[Firestorm49]

19. God help the American cleric (pawn) who's life may be traded to keep an arms deal with the Saudi's.