Trump calls killing at Saudi consulate ‘worst cover-up ever’
President Trump on Tuesday ramped up his rhetoric against Saudi Arabia over the death of Jamal Khashoggi, calling the kingdom’s efforts to hide the journalist’s killing the “worst cover-up ever.”
“They had a very bad original concept, it was carried out poorly and the cover-up was the worst in the history of cover-ups,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They had the worst cover-up ever.”
{mosads}Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected the Saudis’ account of Khashoggi’s killing and said the dissident journalist was murdered in a preplanned operation directed by top Saudi officials.
“Whoever thought of that idea I think is in big trouble and they should be in big trouble,” Trump said, referring to the possible plot to kill Khashoggi.
“Nobody likes what happened,” Trump said of the reaction he’s heard from foreign leaders he’s spoken with.
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