Trump's mealy-mouthed statement on the Jamal Khashoggi murder is actually prudent

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Posted on AllSides November 20, 2018

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President Trump was right to make a deliberately blurry finding on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's culpability for the Oct. 2 murder of Saudi dissident, Jamal Khashoggi at the

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