Well, the president promised new answers by tuesday after his administration receives a full report. Joining me now is karen, khashoggis colleague at the Washington Post. And their global opinions editor. Great to have you with us. First, let me get your take and weigh in, if you can, on the president s response thus far, especially now that weve confirmed that the cia has this assessment that, in fact, mbs as he is known in saudi arabia, knows of this killing and tried to keep his distance from that assessment. Since the beginning of this whole tragic saga weve seen trump basically accepting mbss denials, pretty much doing almost everything that he can to avoid outright criticizing mbs or saudi arabia. We are living in sort of an upside down world where president erdogan of turkey, frankly, has been stronger in advocating for answers and for justice for khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist, and the virginia resident than our own president. What this says is just that hes basically
Sooner and dismissed them as a Hillary Clinton backer. Navy s. E. A. L. , 37 years and former head of Hillary Clinton fan. Excuse me. Hillary clinton fan. Led and the operations and killed Osama Bin Laden said your sentiment is the greatest threat to democracy. Hes a Hillary Clinton backer. And an obama backer. Frankly hes a navy s. E. A. L. Wouldnt it be nice if we got Osama Bin Laden a lot sooner than that. Admiral William Mccraven saying this. I i did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else. I am a fan of president obama i admire all president who is uphold the dignity of the office and use that office to bring people together. I stand by my comment that the president s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in our lifetime. When you undermine the peoples right to a free press and freedom of speech and express, you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. That from admiral mcraven in that interview. Wide ranging interview on fox. Lets discuss this