Donald Trump actually said...

"I think there's no question Hope, by all accounts, played a very important role in this White House."

"I mean, we know that this president responds to the headlines on the news coverage that he consumes, and it was a terrible day of news coverage for Hope Hicks between her testimony last night and, you..."

"It's a witch hunt by Mueller, it's a witch hunt by the press."

"He takes them seriously and he believes lots of those stories that are critical because they're coming from people who work with him."