Donald Trump actually said...

"It's my honor to do it. I've watched him. He was set up by a lot of bad people. Some of the same people that I had to deal with. I think he's a -- just a very fine person, and this shouldn't have happ..."

"Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the attorney general is every bit as important, if not more so, as the objectives that the prior administration pursued."

"I think he's a -- just a very fine person. And this shouldn't have happened, and it shouldn't have happened to him."

"And I want to stop it just because I hate to see all these young people being killed. The soldiers are being killed by the hundreds of thousands."