Politics A.M.: Rhetorical bedlam erupts as Trump speaks to the world from Mar-a-Lago

Confronted with the bloody behavior of autocrats, Trump, instead, blames the world; Trump brushes aside CIA assertion that crown prince ordered killing, defends him and Saudi...

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