400-pound guy in his basement all over again

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THE PRESIDENT: [...]

I just spoke with the King of Saudi Arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his Saudi Arabian citizen. I’ve asked — and he firmly denied that. I’ve asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to immediately get on a plane, to Saudi Arabia, go to other places if necessary, which he probably will. But with regards to this, go to Turkey if necessary. The King told me that Turkey and Saudi Arabia are working hand-in-hand, very closely, on getting to the bottom of what happened. So we’ll see what happens. But Mike Pompeo —

[...]

We are going to leave nothing uncovered. With that being said, the King firmly denied any knowledge of it. He didn’t really know. Maybe — I don’t want to get into his mind — but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Who knows? We’re going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. But his was a flat denial.

Rogue killers пробрались в консульство Саудовской Аравии и убили посетителя! Can you believe this shit?!

I don't mean the part about rogue killers, nobody is stupid enough to believe that. I mean, can you believe, что президент США серьезно повторяет эту чушь?

But of course you can! That is what this president does. You still remember the 400-pound guy in his basement, don't you?

P.S. Видео сегодняшнего высказывания Трампа на всякий случай.

Trump, sounding very similar to his Putin interference denials, says that it could have been "rogue killers" who murdered Jamal Khashoggi.

"It sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Who knows?" (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/uap6d2Db40

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2018

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В продолжение "400-pound guy in his basement all over again".

Chris Hayes:

What's so galling and chilling about the Trump WH and Saudi response to the Khashoggi murder is that it's all the normal Trump toolkit of lying and gaslighting and hand waving in an attempt to get away with literal murder.

We've seen him do this on a million different things, from tax returns, to Stormy Daniels, to denying things he's literally on tape saying. But now it's being marshalled in service of a bunch of guys torturing a guy and then chopping him up with a goddamn bone saw.

Кстати, о tax returns. Я пару дней назад писал о Ромни -- “I don’t think that was the case” -- о его позорной капитуляции, в отношении Трампа. И я цитировал выступление Ромни в 2016 году.

Процитирую другую часть этого выступления:

And I predict that despite his promise to do so, first made over a year ago, that he [Trump] will never ever release his tax returns. Never — not the returns under audit; not even the returns that are no longer being audited. He has too much to hide. Nor will he authorize the release of the tapes that he made with The New York Times.

If I’m right, you’ll have all the proof you need to know that Donald Trump is indeed a phony. Attacking me as he surely will won’t prove him any less of a phony. It’s entirely in his hands to prove me wrong. All he has to do is release his back taxes like he promised he would and let us hear what he said behind closed doors to The New York Times.

Но это было два года назад. С тех пор Трамп опубликовал свои налоговые декларации, и у Ромни не осталось иного выхода, кроме как публично поддержать президента.