I believe he responded.....”No comment....Next.”
If we knew one 1/50th of what really goes on "out there" - there'd be panic in the streets daily.
Bottom line seems to be that the bullies in the playground got their noses bloodied...They were given a "we know what you did last summer" heads up. They - and others like them - will pull in their horns for a while.
By playing it close to the vest, all the cockamamie countries don't get to weigh in and jump up and down, posturing on what they weren't privy to.
The lesson: "Don't play poker with a Texan."