His statement, which aides said Mr. Trump dictated himself and reflected his deeply held views, came only days after the C.I.A. concluded that the crown prince, a close ally of the White House, had authorized the killing of Mr. Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post.
He also adopted a method, which he used again for "House of Holes," that he calls "speak-typing": essentially, he dictates to himself, typing rapidly as he goes.
The flâneur, according to Le Robert, is an artist of impressions, circumnavigating the city as whim dictates, giving himself (or herself) over to the "spectacle of the moment".
Brandis explicitly said if he was not satisfied with a new policy drafted by the council then he would dictate it himself.
In 2006, the still-new United States senator appeared before Washington's elite at the spring dinner of the storied Gridiron Club, and as tradition dictated, roasted himself.
Among the papers -- contained in more than 1,500 boxes -- are memos Justice Blackmun dictated to himself while preparing to hear arguments, revealing his responses to the cases.
The author says that Mr. Clinton "alone possesses the tapes and transcripts of our interviews" (for a long time the president kept the tapes in his sock drawer), and Mr. Branch cobbled together this account largely from tapes he dictated to himself after each session.
However, what usually happens is that Ray writes them down in Braille for himself and then dictates them.
A set of tapes dictated by Peron himself is in existence.
"The president dictated every word himself," a senior White House official said.
