The Washington Post’s editorial board has delivered a blistering riposte to President Donald Trump after he shrugged off the murder of one of their colleagues.

During an Oval Office meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump responded to journalists’ questions about slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by saying “a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman.” The president added that the Saudi ruler, whom the CIA said ordered the 2018 killing, “knew nothing about it” and that “things happen.”

“President Donald Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: weak, crass and of no strategic benefit to America,” the editorial board of the newspaper, which is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, wrote. “Forgetting Mohammed [bin Salman]’s brut

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