After the Salisbury attack, Sanders expressed the administration’s support for the UK, but pointedly refused to name the Russians as the culprits even after Theresa May had done so in public. What did that mean?
Sanders, like other members of the administration, has learned that Trump can change positions on a dime. She also knows that Trump, for reasons best known to him, is always reluctant to blame the Russians for anything. As a result, she didn’t want to embarrass herself by saying something completely obvious that Trump might contradict ten minutes later. She left his options open.
That’s probably what we will see from this point forward. No one is going to say anything unequivocal about anything, because they know if you wait long enough, Trump will change his mind. And so, the rest of us will have to watch and wonder, which undoubtedly is just the way the man on golf cart wants it, because it makes him the center of attention.