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Trump’s mealy-mouthed statement on the Jamal Khashoggi murder is actually prudent

By Tom Rogan
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Trump’s mealy-mouthed statement on the Jamal Khashoggi murder is actually prudent

President Trump was right to make a deliberately blurry finding on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s culpability for the Oct. 2 murder of Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

“It could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event,” Trump declared Tuesday, “maybe he did and maybe he didn’t.”

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