Donald Trump actually said...

"I just spoke with the king of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his Saudi Arabian citizen. I've asked and he firmly denied that."

"The king firmly denied any knowledge of it. He didn't really know, maybe -- I don't want to get into his mind, but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers."

"I'm going to have to see what they say and we're working very closely with Saudi Arabia and with Turkey and they're working together to figure out what happened."

"I have great confidence in my intelligence people but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today."