Transcript for Trump on missing Saudi journalist: 'Terrible thing'

Yes looking we're looking at very strongly we'll be having a report soon we're working with Turkey will work it was Saudi Arabia what happened is a terrible thing assuming that happened I mean maybe will be pleasantly surprised but. Somehow I tend to doubt it. And we take it very seriously what we have it's not our countries and Turkey and its not a citizen as I understand it. But a thing like that should happen it is a reporter with the Washington Post. And it's something like that should not be allowed to happen something like that should that happen and we intend to get to the bottom of it.

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