You know, it’s possible to think Donald Trump’s statement on Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi was weak and cringeworthy without resorting to crap like this.
The Turkish government — yes, that one — called Trump out over his deferential approach to the Saudis:
Turkey accuses U.S. of turning blind eye to Saudi killing of Khashoggi https://t.co/aTZZRgIwfX
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) November 21, 2018
More from Reuters:
Numan Kurtulmus, the deputy chairman of President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, dismissed Trump’s assessment. “Yesterday’s statement is a comic statement,” he told state broadcaster TRT Haber.
“It is not possible for an intelligence agency such as the CIA, which even knows the color of the fur on the cat walking around the Saudi consulate’s garden … to not know who gave this order,” he said. “This is not credible either for U.S. public opinion or the world public opinion.”
Now, a normal person would be rolling their eyes right about now at the notion of the Turkish government pointing fingers about something like this. Newsweek national security correspondent Jeff Stein is evidently not normal:
When Erdogan comes off as more a defender of human rights than Trump, you know there’s a problem, America. https://t.co/6hC4RY086B
— Jeff Stein (@SpyTalker) November 21, 2018
Seems like Jeff’s the one with the problem.
who would be dumb enough to believe that though? https://t.co/r2NjdPtbNM
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 21, 2018
Jeff. Jeff would.
Oh.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) November 21, 2018
…..this is a bad take.
— Theron Parham (@TheronParham) November 21, 2018
Dumb take
— Dick man dealerwither (@awptimus) November 21, 2018
Do you have a brain
— Ski Bunny (@sternergulch) November 21, 2018
"I agree with Recep Tayyip Erdogan: we should not be echoing authoritarians' propaganda."
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 21, 2018
Like Erdogan would be one to defend humsn rights???! I don't know what you've been smoking lately, but I want to try it too. Seems to make the world look interesting ?
— François Rolland (@FrancoisRphilo) November 21, 2018
When your distaste for Trump leads you to believe that a journalist-imprisoning, dissident-crushing, power-consolidating, wannabe dictator like Erdogan cares even one iota about human rights, you know there’s a problem, America. https://t.co/7kQMyatv7V
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) November 21, 2018
If you honestly believe this to be the case, Trump is not the problem.
— Laurence Watkins (@thelarrywatkins) November 21, 2018
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