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Trump slams Saudi Khashoggi plot, US announces visa sanctions

US President Donald Trump heaped scorn on ally Saudi Arabia, saying the operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “very bad” and the cover-up in weeks afterward was the “worst … ever.”
U.S. President Donald Trump gives remarks during the White House State Leadership Day Conference for local officials of Alaska, Hawaii and California at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC1C2D3E9E00

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump heaped scorn on ally Saudi Arabia today, calling the Oct. 2 plot that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul “very bad” and attempts for weeks afterward to dissemble about it “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,” an exasperated Trump told the White House press pool in the Oval Office today. “They had the worst cover-up ever.”

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