This crowd here is willfully obtuse. Neither MF nor The Intercept is saying Trump tells the truth about these things for altruistic reasons. He is only and ever concerned about himself. Still, it’s a fact that Trump’s ultimate response to the Khashoggi murder is 100% the ACTUAL truth about the US/Saudi relationship. If Obama had been in office, the ACTUAL result would have been 100% the same, the only difference being Obama would have mouthed some lip service “condemning” the murder and being “very concerned” about the new Saudi prince’s motives, all while continuing to sell arms and de facto supporting the Yemen war.
OF COURSE Trump is a catastrophe. But we should learn any lesson we can get from his presidency.
