Covering His Backside

NY Times: Rebuffing C.I.A., Trump Says It Only Has ‘Feelings’ About Khashoggi Killing By Emily Cochrane

Mr. Trump’s dispute with his own intelligence agencies over the killing of Mr. Khashoggi, an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, trailed him into the holiday weekend. The president doubled down on his insistence that an alliance with Saudi Arabia, sweetened by low oil prices and billions in investment, had more value than repercussions for any culpability in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi.