The CEO and publisher of the Washington Post ripped President Trump Tuesday after the White House released a statement defending Saudi Arabia, even after the intelligence community concluded with “high confidence” that the kingdom’s crown prince was involved with the death of dissent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

“President Trump is correct in saying the world is a very dangerous place. His surrender to this state-ordered murder will only make it more so. An innocent man, brutally slain, deserves better, as does the cause of truth and justice and human rights,” Washington Post executive Fred Ryan wrote in a statement.