Sanction: give official permission or approval for.
has he given permission to allow touture, or spouted rhetoric that he agrees with it? we understand the difference between doing and saying? you want to talk about alternative facts, he stated his position is to go with his Secretary of...
actually i dont believe he has. i heard the interview and he said he's going with his Secretary of Defense view, who does not support it. he then went onto some rhetoric about using fire to fight fire and that asking opinion of a dozen experts told him it works. thats not a sanctioning of...