Donald Trump Puts A Price Tag On Murder
Meet the Press host Chuck Todd pressed Donald Trump on his reactions to the death of Jamal Khashoggi and whether he would hold those accountable for the crime:
CHUCK TODD: Are you going to -- The United Nations said they'd like the United States to order the FBI to investigate Jamal Khashoggi's death and possibly MBS’ -- "
Trump interrupted to falsely claim it has been heavily investigated already, but in truth, his administration did nothing in response to a foreign country murdering a US legal resident.
And then he pulled his usual trick of blaming everybody else to trying to get himself off the hook.
See, Iran is bad too!
DONALD TRUMP: Iran's killed many, many people a day. Other countries in the Middle East, this is a hostile place. This is a vicious, hostile place. If you're going to look at Saudi Arabia, look at Iran, look at other countries, I won't mention names, and take a look at what's happening. And then you go outside of the Middle East, and you take a look at what's happening with countries. Okay? And I only say they spend $400 to $450 billion over a period of time --
CHUCK TODD: So --
DONALD TRUMP: -- all money, all jobs, buying equipment --
CHUCK TODD: That's the price. As long as they keep buying --
DONALD TRUMP: No, no.
CHUCK TODD: -- you'll overlook some of this behavior.