journalist. president trump spoke to king salman for 40 minutes on sunday. he seems to be accepting these denials. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know -- i don't want to get into his mind. it sounded like maybe it could have been rogue killers. who knows? all i can do is report what he told me and he told me in a very firm way that they had no knowledge of it. he said it very strongly. it sounded like he, also, the crown prince, had no knowledge. >> "the washington post" publ h published an op-ed "who needs saudi arabia." the president is overvaluing his relationship with the kingdom writing the reality is saudi arabia has everything to lose with a break in relations while the united states is no longer needing the kingdom as much as