Evil Speaks, Trump Mumbles: The Administration's Unacceptable Equivocation on Human Rights

 

By Errol Louis

Shocking reports about the possible assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi underscore the need for the public to shake the Trump administration out of its shameful, shortsighted moral slumber on human rights.

Turkish officials have powerful evidence — including video and audio recordings — that strongly suggests Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi Arabian monarchy, was lured to the Saudi consulate in Turkey, where intelligence officials say he was likely tortured, murdered and dismembered.

President Trump has mumbled, fumbled and refused to take action. As outraged U.S. lawmakers demanded that the U.S. impose sanctions on the Saudi regime, Trump’s first thought was about money.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via Empire Report New York)