Willie Geist: Trump ‘Clearly Has Given the Crown Prince a Pass’

‘The president knows the Saudi crown prince was behind this’

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GEIST: “I would argue this is as clear a rebuke of the president from Republicans as we’ve seen. We can go through and maybe there’s been one close, but this is almost consensus now from Senate Republicans — you're right about Mattis and Pompeo, of course, but they have come out very clearly and now they want to put into legislation something which will do what the President has been unwilling to do. The problem I have is trying to convince the President, who so publicly and so clearly has given the Crown Prince a pass. How do you come back from that? How could he now suddenly say he knows, he’s heard the intelligence, the President knows the Saudi Crown Prince was behind this. And yet he's come out and taken the Crown Prince's side. How do you unwind that now? How do you come back and say, 'You know what? You’re right, guys. I should have been tougher on him. Here are some new sanctions.' He’s been clear where he stands and now it’s up to Congress to push back against the President.”

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