Payne on Tuesday said Australia held grave concerns about Yang and the "harsh" conditions he is being held in.
The comments were immediately rebuked by China, which called on Australia to respect China's judicial sovereignty.President Donald Trump seriously does not want you to think he suggested bombing hurricanes.
He vehemently denied the claim for a third time on Tuesday, after Axios dropped a scoop Sunday that said multiple anonymous sources from the White House had attested to hearing the president make a suggestion to “nuke” hurricanes in order to prevent them from making landfall.
The reporting offered detailed examples of the conversations and briefings in which they took place ― and one source described the aftermath of the remarks being characterized by general astonishment. “What the fuck? What do we do with this?” they reportedly said following the briefing.
“Axios (whatever that is) sat back and said GEEEEE, let’s see, what can we make up today to embarrass the President? Then they said, “why don’t we say he wants to bomb a hurricane, that should do it!” The media in our Country is totally out of control!” Trump tweeted on Tuesday, following two other tweets in the days prior also denying the assertion.