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Intel: Saudi king calls Trump after Florida shooting

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (C) welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and first lady Melania Trump (R) to a tea ceremony in the Royal Terminal after they arrived aboard Air Force One at King Khalid Airport International in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E44EB6DF0

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud called US President Donald Trump on Friday to “express his sincere condolences and give his sympathies” after a now-deceased Saudi aviation student killed three and injured eight in a shooting at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fl.

Trump tweet: “The King said that the Saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter, and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people who love the American people.”

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