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."

"No, I have no -- who cares?"

"I think he's sort of a Democrat if you want to know the truth, but General Mattis is a good guy."