all preserved. historically, they re preserved. what about the cia assessment [ inaudible ] they didn t make a determination. and it s just like i said. i think it was great. maybe he did, maybe he didn t. they did not make that assessment. the cia has looked at it, studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive. and the fact is, maybe he did, maybe he didn t. if you look at iran what they have done, they have been a bad actor. you look at what s happening in syria with assad, with hundreds of thousands of people killed, we are with saudi arabia. we re staying with saudi arabia. and by the way, just so everybody knows, i have no business whatsoever with saudi arabia. couldn t care less. are you letting the saudis get away with murder? no, no. this is about america first. they re paying us $400 billion-plus to purchase and invest in our country.
defended his decision to side with the saudis. are you leading the saudis get away with murdering a journalist? this is about america first. they re paying us $400 billion plus to purchase and invest in our country. that s probably the biggest amount ever paid to the united states. reporter: don t you believe the cia? they didn t make a determination. it is just like i said, i think it was very maybe he did, maybe he didn t. they did not make that assessment. the cia has looked at it. they ve studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive. reporter: in a statement the president also appeared to buy into a saudi spear of khashoggi, adding representatives of saudi arabia say that jamal khashoggi was an enemy of the state and member of the muslim brotherhood. khashoggi s family has blasted those claims as ridiculous. secretary of state mike pompeo backed up the president s statement. this is a long, historic commitment and one that is absolutely vital to america s national sec
[indiscernible] president trump: they didn t make a determination. just like i said, i think maybe he did, maybe he didn t. they did not make that assessment. the c.i.a. looked at it, studied it, they have nothing definitive. the fact is, maybe he did, maybe he didn t. if you look at iran, what they have done, bad actor. look at syria with assad, hundreds of thousands of people killed, we are with saudi arabia. staying with saudi arabia. by the way, so everybody, i have no business whatsoever with saudi arabia, couldn t care less. [indiscernible] president trump: no, no. no, no. this is about america first. they are paying us $400 billion plus to purchase and invest in our country, that is probably
saudi arabia they are paying us $400 billion plus to purchase and invest in our country. it means hundreds of thousands of jobs. we have the contracts. they wanted those contracts. that would be a big, fat beautiful gift to russia and to china. they re not going to get that gift if you want to see oil prices go to $150 a barrel, like by the way russia would love to see that, all you have to do is break up our relationship with saudi arabia if the president is suggesting siding with the u.s. intelligence community over the saudi s denials could destroy the world s economy, also, that $400 billion he said the saudis are paying us are basically ious so far only $14.5 billion in deals have been implemented since donald trump took office and secretary of state mike pompeo didn t have a very good answer when he was asked today, where s the rest of the money? some of these contracts that defense contracts in particular are complex, lengthy contract negotiations. we re working diligently
the lawyer told me they re all preserved. historically they re preserved. what about the cia assessment [ inaudible they didn t make a determination. and it s just like i said, i think it was maybe he did, maybe he didn t. they did not make that assessment the cia has looked at it they studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive the fact is maybe he did, maybe he didn t. if you look at iran, what they ve done, they ve been a bad actor. you look at what s happening in syria with assad with hundreds of thousands of people killed. we are with saudi arabia we re staying with saudi arabia. by the way, just so everybody i have no business whatsoever with saudi arabia. couldn t care less are you letting the saudis get away with murder no. no, no this is about america first. they re paying us $400 billion plus to purchase and invest in