President-elect Donald Trump commented Wednesday on the “terrible” attacks in Turkey and in Germany, and revealed that he had spoken with President Obama about the national security issues earlier this week.

“What’s going on is terrible,” Mr. Trump told reporters from the steps of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. “In fact, we have intelligence here right now. What’s going on is terrible.”

Asked if he had spoken with President Obama, Mr. Trump said he spoke with the president “two days ago, but not recently -- not since.”

The president-elect was asked by reporters to weigh in on Monday’s two attacks: one in Ankara, where the Russian ambassador to the country was shot dead by an off-duty Turkish police officer, and the other in Berlin, when a truck drove into a crowd at an open-air Christmas market, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Tunisian suspect driving the truck in Germany was revealed to have ties to Islamic extremists, according to an European arrest warrant.

When asked about his plans on immigration, including his campaign trail proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., the president-elect told reporters “you’ve known my plans all along and I’ve been proven to be right, 100 percent correct.”

“What’s happening is disgraceful,” he added.

But asked about a press release distributed by the transition team in the immediate aftermath of the Berlin attack, Mr. Trump seemed momentarily confused about the question.

“Your comments about the truck attack in Berlin being against Christians, do you think that this might-” a reporter began to ask.

“Say it again? What?” Mr. Trump interrupted.

“The attack in Berlin being against - an attack against Christians,” the reporter clarified.

“Who said that?” Mr. Trump questioned. “When was that said? “

When the reporter responded that “I believe you said it in a press release,” the president-elect told her to “go ahead.”

“I was wondering how this might affect relations with Muslims?”

The president-elect responded, “That’s an attack on humanity, that’s what it is. It’s an attack on humanity and it’s gotta be stopped.”

On Monday, shortly after the Berlin market attack, the president-elect had released a statement calling the incident “horrifying. “Innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday,” the statement went on to say. 

“ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad,” he said. 

Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump met with his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. The meeting was scheduled prior to the attacks Monday in Germany and Turkey.