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The US (read Trump) is alone in calling the Saudi's explanation of the journalist having "died in a fistfight" as "credible." theguardian.com/world/2018/oct…
US Allies Reactions:
EU: "continued thorough, credible, transparent investigation"
Germany: "information isn't sufficient"
France: "questions remain unanswered”
Canada: "explanations lack consistency + credibility”
Australia: "expect Saudi govt to cooperate fully with (Turks)"
My take: DJT knows that no intelligent 60-year-old male would get into a fistfight with 15 young and fit special forces-trained men. He's covering for MBS's authoritarian brutality, values Saudi money above human dignity + democratic freedom, thinks this will blow over. Bad bet.
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