WEBVTT - Gingrich on Trump's Visit - May 13th, Hour 2 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.800 All right, thanks Scott Shan In our two Sean Hannity 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:05.480 Show toll free it is eight hundred and nine point 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:06.960 one Shawn, if you want to be a part of 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:10.000 the program, as we come to you, we are in Riad. 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:15.520 We are in Saudi Arabia, undisclosed location. As for security 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:18.560 now I'm kidding anyway, Thank you for being with us. 0:00:18.960 --> 0:00:20.880 It's been an amazing trip, as I went over in 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:25.880 the last hour. Then, of course we have the big issue, 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:30.000 the last American released hostage that has been released from Israel, 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:34.239 and this trip, which I think is historic to Saudi Arabia, 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:38.760 Qatar tomorrow and the UAE and Abu Dhabi, and we 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.000 will be on every leg of that trip. Mister speaker, 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:46.599 we talk a lot about transformational and consequential. Every one 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:50.160 of these issues is transformational and consequential. And I forgot 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:54.040 to mention that we expect Putin and Zelenski to be 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.560 meeting on Thursday of this week. 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:01.600 Well, and meanwhile, back at home, the House is steadily 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:07.039 moving forward on that gigantic budget bill that really is 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.360 at the heart of Trump's economic plan. So you have 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:14.720 a lot of different moving parts. I think the most 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:17.360 fascinating thing I'm going to write about this for The 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:22.000 New York Sun later on this week. Is the center 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.320 trip by a president which is focused, frankly a lot 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:31.280 more on economics than on geopolitics. I mean, I think 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.040 his goal and part is going to be to get 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.800 huge investments in the United States, made some very big 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:42.000 sales for American companies, and significantly improved the American economy. 0:01:42.800 --> 0:01:46.360 That is an enormous shift from the way presidents from 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:50.560 nineteen thirty nine on went around the world. Historically we 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.800 were so wealthy and so big. They go around the 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:57.480 world giving away things and focusing virtually everything on geopolitics 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:01.280 and nothing on economics. This is going to be exact opposite, 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.000 And of course he he today. I thought, very boldly, 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:07.160 here's a little surprise they did it, called on Saudi 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:11.960 Arabia to recognize Israel. Now, you know, he is a 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:17.799 very good relationship with the royal family, and I think 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:21.560 thrilled that for the second time visiting Saudi Arabia is 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.120 the beginning of his foreign travels as it was in 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:29.080 twenty seventeen. But it's also in terms of publicly just 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.760 coming right out, I think probably was a little bit 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:35.240 startling to them that he was so strong and so 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.720 clear that he wants them to recognize Israel, which I 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.760 think is a big step in the right direction. 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.760 The untold story of his first term, or one of 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:47.520 the untold stories of his first term was and it's 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:50.800 a little secret, and a lot of these countries are 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:55.840 too vulnerable to the military mic that is the Iranians, 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.960 so they don't take them on directly. And I'm not 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.480 I'm not putting aside. I'm not casting aside past sins, 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:08.480 the past past associations, any of that, and I think 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.520 that does need to be discussed and pointed out. But 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.360 there was an achievement in his first term where the 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:23.200 United States, Israel, Jordanians, Egyptians, Emirates, the Saudis all united 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:27.800 together and we're sharing intelligence. And they had one goal. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:32.160 It was against Iranian hegemony in the region. And now 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:36.520 there is an urgency to ensure that, in fact, the 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.960 Iranians don't get a nuclear weapon. Now I have my 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.920 interview tonight, but it's going to be part one. I 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.160 asked the President directly about this question or layered either 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.720 tonight or tomorrow, and I will tell you that the 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:54.640 President is steadfast. They're not getting a weapon, mister speaker, 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:58.560 and I've known him thirty years. If he says it, 0:03:58.600 --> 0:03:59.280 I believe. 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.839 Them, Yeah, I believe. I worry frankly that the traditional 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:06.640 bureaucrats and the traditional diplomats will try to find some 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.720 weasel word that allows them to sort of keep the 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:13.000 potential and not push them to the wall. But I 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.440 think so, I think Trump's intent is clear that we 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:19.839 want to eliminate any possibility the Uranian dictatorship being able 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.440 to get acquire a nuclear weapon period. And I think 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.200 if he's if he's tough enough, I think that in fact, 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.640 they will see that they'll succeed in doing that. Well. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.440 Well, either they stop in Richmond with anywhere, any place, 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:37.160 anytime inspections and they break down the nuclear facilities, or 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.240 probably is not a deal that would ever work. 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.640 Right, And remember we just discovered a huge secret nuclear 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:47.800 facility that none of us knew existed. So, I mean, 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:51.919 trying to police the Iranian dictatorship is a big challenge. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.480 It can be done, but we're we're asking them to 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:58.960 be open to foreigners on a scale they never dream of. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:04.080 So it counts me as thinking that in the end 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.839 we may have to use force just because in the 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.560 end it may be too big a stretch for them 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:15.400 inside their own culture to give in under this. You know, 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.839 I'm not one hundred percent there, but I have a 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:21.240 hunch that it's going to be more difficult. And I 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.000 think Trump's finding that out. Franklin Gauz and he's finding 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:30.240 it out in Ukraine. It's dramatically easier for an American 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.240 president to reshape the United States than it is for 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:37.599 them to reshape historical situations where you have opponents who 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.880 are quite prepared to die for what they believe in. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:45.000 Back to your point about this being a largely economic trip. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:49.920 So we land in Saudi Arabia and I'm reporting from 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.920 Air Force one, and we have a lot of great 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:53.560 tape that we're going to run during the week on 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.680 Hannity at nine o'clock, including you know, part one on 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:58.640 my interview with the President tonight. But we have other 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:03.920 guests as well. And anyway, we land and within an hour, 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:10.680 I'm in a room with the top every big business 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:16.200 that every American would whose name they'd recognize. I didn't 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.839 realize that at the time because I'm at a table 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:23.040 with people and it was a mix of people from 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:27.800 Saudi Arabia, business people, foreign ministers, and cabinet officials. I 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.159 was sitting next to the longest running cabinet official in 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:37.040 Saudi Arabia, and they're all there, and the president's cabinet 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:41.320 is there, and the Crown Prince's cabinet is there. It's 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:45.320 a who's who of business. I mean, when I read 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:50.600 the entire list, I was stunned about how many people. 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:54.160 Every big company in America that you can think of 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:58.039 probably was here. That's how big it was. What is 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:02.200 your reaction to that, Well, I do a peace fright, 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.560 and then why would they ever invite me to such 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.200 a dinner like the lunch like that? I mean, that's 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.320 a that's the mystery of the century. 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:09.640 No. 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:13.760 No, that's a simple commentary on how much he regards 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:17.720 you as a personal friend of what thirty years experience. 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:22.080 I mean, you know, you're in a unique position inter 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.760 of anybody in the news world in terms of how 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.239 close you are to him and how candid and deep 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.280 the friendship is. But I think what you're saying I 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.520 wrote about this a little bit on Friday when I 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:37.720 wrote a piece called to the becoming Trump Economic Boom. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:43.880 What Donald Trump is a businessman who is now president, 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:47.600 but he has all the instincts of a very successful entrepreneur. 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.880 He is able to call and work with entrepreneurs, he 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:54.560 knows their language, he knows what they're dealing with, and 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.640 offering everybody a chance in his first year of his 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:02.840 second presidency to be on the ground floor and potentially 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.560 make a huge amount of money and invest an enormous 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:09.720 amount of America. And if we can get this the 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.680 budget through in the next couple of weeks, I think 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:17.080 you're going to see just an enormous impetus because between 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:23.720 the tariff negotiations, the dramatically lower taxes, the very dramatic deregulation, 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:26.800 America is going to become the best place in the 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.920 world to invest in. And frankly, one of the groups 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.000 that has a lot of money to invest to the Saudis. 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.599 So there's talk that they're going to commit to a 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.160 trillion dollars invested in the US over the next decade. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:40.840 Now that's real money. Now. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:42.200 I want to go back to a point I was 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:47.000 making earlier, which is that a lot of these countries, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:51.720 I think, have had to thread this needle of radicalism 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.960 within their ranks, and yet their desire to pivot to 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:04.000 a to a modernization that is rooted in economic growth, 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:08.400 wealth prosperity for all people. You're not going to change 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.400 people's religion. You're not going to change their culture. You know, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.640 those people that think those things I think, you know, 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:19.120 are just it's never going to happen. And you know, 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.600 like this whole issue, for example, is a Qatar gives 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.080 this plane to President Trump, and I looked at the 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.200 deal on the surface, and then I started to do 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.920 some research. And what did I find out? The US 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:34.480 right now has over twenty six billion dollars in active 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:40.240 government to government defense sales with Katar. That's happening right now. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.320 For context, the Foreign Military Sales Program allows the US 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.960 government to sell military equipment, training services to foreign government 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.640 and organizations. Currently about one hundred and ninety countries international 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:57.160 organizations participate. But the recent sales to Qatar, and by 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.319 the way, the same thing goes for the Saudist as well, 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:04.520 include their most sophisticated military technology. Let me put it 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:08.000 another way, mister speaker, maybe a little bit more bluntly. 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.520 This plane was not given and I know people have 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.800 made comparisons to the Bidens. This was not to enrich 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:19.520 Donald Trump. If not for the United States, they would 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.840 not have security in this region. The Saudis wouldn't have it, 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.040 Qatar wouldn't have it, the UAE wouldn't have it. And 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.000 in many ways, I feel like that's part of the 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:34.160 relationship because we are saving their country. We're helping to 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.160 save their country against radicals that also want to destroy 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:38.640 them too. 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.560 Well. Look, I think that there's no question that Katar 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:49.200 once he gained some affection with this transaction, also no 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.719 question that it is a public transaction. It saved the 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:57.040 United States over four hundred million dollars because the Boeing 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:01.720 has failed to build the new Air Force ones on 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.840 a timely basis, which is a disaster. And by the way, 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:06.800 Bowling is going to be one of the big winners 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.760 on this trip because I think several of the countries 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.360 are going to place huge orders for Boweling airliners. So 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.520 I mean, I mean Trump. Trump is very concerned about 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:20.000 the survival of Bowling despite what has been a decade 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.760 of incompetent management, and he has great hope that their 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.480 new CEO, who's an engineer, is going to turn things around. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.360 But this is not what the founding father is worried 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.120 about this. This is not like the French president who 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:36.840 was privately getting diamonds from a country in Africa for 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:40.439 his own pocketbook. This is this is a public activity 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:45.600 involving a public good. And I'm not particularly offended if 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.839 we can get a four hundred million dollar plane and 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:50.400 given our budget. 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.080 All right, click break, welcome back. We're in Saudi Arabia. 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.719 We are in Rio Odd more with former Speaker of 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.680 the House New Gingrich on all of the big news. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.800 Don't forget President Trump on Hannity tonight nine Eastern as 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.480 we continue from Riod. And then you know, former Speaker 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:06.839 of the House Snoop Giggrich is with US broadcasting today 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.800 from Riod. We're in Saudi Arabia. Well, let me give 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.120 you more context, because again, you know, rather than rush 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.280 to judgment like all of my colleagues in the state 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:22.760 run legacy media mob, Qatar has the largest US military 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.960 base in the Middle East. And here's a number that 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.199 you probably have not heard before, and you know pretty 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.440 much everything, but it was very deep in the weeds 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.480 and I found it. Since two thousand and three, Qatar 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:39.079 has invested over eight billion dollars in our military base 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:44.800 to support key US Central Command operations. I didn't hear 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.839 anybody complaining about that money being spent. 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:51.920 No, And I actually I had dinner with General Abrams 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:55.880 at that base just before the campaign against Iraq in 0:12:55.880 --> 0:13:01.000 two thousand and three. You put Trainger on it earlier. 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:06.080 These countries are terrified of the Iranians, and they don't 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.840 want to have to rely on either the Russians or 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:13.000 the Chinese because they don't regard either of them as 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:18.120 desirable allies, you know. And so in the end, the 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.960 one country in the world that has had a track 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:25.120 record of taking on the Iranians and building a network 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.560 of support is the United States, and that's been that 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:32.640 That's why the Middle East is so extraordinarily complicated, because 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.960 it's you know, it turns out that from their standpoint, 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.000 Israel is no longer the central issue that it was 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:42.120 forty years ago. Iran is now the central issue. 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.320 Well, I mean, and we did partner correct me if 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.000 I'm wrong, because you are a historian, and at heart 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:52.640 you really are a professor, and I've learned an awful 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.760 lot from you over the many years of our friendship, 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.200 and you are like an older brother to me. But 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.000 correctly if I'm wrong, we did partner with our oars 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.160 jeemy the former Soviet Union in World War Two. That 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:05.680 might be a little detail that people forgot. 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.720 At Church. Churchill, who is a staunch Ani Communist, said, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.800 if the Devil decided to fight Hitler, I'd find at 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:13.719 least a few good words to say about Hell. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.520 Correct. I don't think you can say it any better. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.800 I know you have to run, mister speaker. Wish you 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.840 were here with us in Saudi Arabia. You are deeply 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:24.480 missed and all the. 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:26.760 Time I've known you, this may have been the coolest 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.840 thing you've done. This trip with you being right in 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:32.720 the middle of it is astonishing. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:37.080 I think you'll enjoy the President in my interview tonight. 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.240 I hope you. I hope you won't miss it. Appreciate 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.880 your time as always, sir, Thank you, Speaker of the House. 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.360 New Gingbridge will get to your calls eight hundred nine 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:45.920 four one, Shawn, if you ever want to be a 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:48.960 part of this program, Yes, we'll take your calls. In 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:53.200 Saudi Arabian Riot one hundred and eight degrees today, Linda 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.680 Hunt and it's a dropleasing you always say you're cold 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.000 so you're now you're nice and warm, nice and toast. No, no, no, 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:03.320 this is a little too hot, little too hot. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:04.240 Pale Irish skin. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:09.000 Uh oh, it was covered. I still had my Nike 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.360 uh T shirt on with a hoodie. Oh my god, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.240 Oh my gosh. All right, we are always pleased to 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.000 welcome back to the program of our friend Brigitte Gabriel, 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:25.240 who herself is a survivor of terrorism. She's with ACT 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.880 for America founder and chairman. I want to play part 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.240 of Donald Trump in his speech earlier. Now, we did 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.520 mention that, and we're going to play it in the 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.320 last hour of the program. The President's speech here, you know, 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:40.000 calling on the Saudias to recognize Israel. Now, privately, this 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.960 is all happening. I mean, that's the untold story that 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:47.120 we've been telling since the president's first term. Is there 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:54.360 is a genuine fright, fear that is palpable in terms 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:58.440 of wanting to rid the region of the threat that 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:03.480 is Iran and Iran militancy and Iran's you know, caliphate 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:08.400 Live or Die, and Iran wanting a weapon of mass destruction, 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.240 which you know, when people tell you they want to 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.720 wipe you off the face of the Earth. You might 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.560 want to pay attention and listen to it. We told 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.720 you the President said that we'll play more of it later. 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.400 But he also said if there is a military intervention 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:25.040 against Iran, that Israel will be the leader, but nobody's 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:26.680 going to tell him what to do. Here's what he 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.440 said with Iran. 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.280 Yeah, if we if it requires military, we're going to 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:37.240 have military. Israel will obviously be very much involved in that. 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:40.400 He'll be the leader of that, but nobody leads us. 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:41.560 We do what we want to do. 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:44.880 Anyway, appreciate welcome back to the program. Great to have you. 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.720 I thank you my friends. Delighted to be back with you. 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:48.640 And what a day. 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.520 Well, tell me what your thoughts are. I'm I'm here 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.120 in the middle of it. You know, I said this 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:58.360 to nuke Gingrich in the last half hour is one 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:02.240 of the things that happened, you know. And I'm very 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.080 very clear here. I'm not putting aside since in the past. 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:10.480 I'm not overlooking past positions radicalisms, turning a blind eye 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:15.000 towards radicalism. But I am seeing the emergence of a 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:19.400 desire to move away from radicalism, and I think that 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.879 needs to be pointed out, but it's going to have 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.879 to be back with action. But more importantly, you know, 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:31.879 in the President's first term, it was the United States, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Emirates, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:36.920 the Saudis all aligned in ways that it seemingly never 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:41.520 got any press sharing intelligence for example, all against Iranian 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:45.719 hegemony in the region. And I think that's an untold story. 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:51.000 Nobody wants the Iranians to get a nuke. Everybody is aligned, 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:55.240 Everybody knows the danger to the region and the entire world. 0:17:55.880 --> 0:18:01.439 That and economic prosperity seemed to be driving where the 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:05.120 Middle East is potentially heading. And I think that's why 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:09.960 the President called on the Saudis to recognize and support Israel. 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:15.679 Exactly Sean and especially since October seventh last year, we 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:20.720 have seen destruction on display on world news no matter 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:22.639 where you are in the world. The Arabs who are 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:26.640 living outside of them midd least, we're watching the destruction 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:31.160 of Gaza, the destruction of cities in Lebanon, the destruction 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:35.560 of Syria, the falling apart. They are watching the destruction 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:39.359 of Yemen under the hotties, and they are saying to themselves, 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:43.120 especially when they look at the prosperity of Saudi Arabia, 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.320 the prosperity of the United Arab Imarats you know, Kata 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:51.320 are all the nations that invested in commercial building, an 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.760 industrial revolution. They are watching how they are prospering. Their 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.240 people are living in peace, they are getting wealthier, their 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.280 children are getting more education. And on the other hand, 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:07.040 you are seeing poverty, starvation, pain and throughout the Arabic 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.439 world for those who are supporting terrorism. So at the 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:13.080 end of the day, especially after the last year and 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:16.760 a half, they are tired. The Arabs who are in 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:20.399 the Palestinian territories as much as the eighth Israel, we 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.280 are now seeing a backlash against Hamas. Hammas is suppressing 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.640 that backlash. This is why it is not being advertised 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.680 on the world media. We see glimpse of it because 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.880 Hamas puts the Cabas on it. But the Palestinians are 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.720 sick and tired of the leadership of Hamas. People in 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:40.400 Syria want to get back alive. People in Lebanon are 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:43.680 tired of Hosbala manipulating their life. After all, they destroyed 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:48.040 the country. So this is why today President Trump's message 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.480 and what we are seeing, what we witnessed today out 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:54.000 of Riyad. You know, when I was watching his speech today, 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.399 I had multiple television screens at my office. I was 0:19:57.440 --> 0:20:03.399 watching Al Rabilla, Al Jazeera, Ahad TV, multiple leading Arabic 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.240 news agencies as well as watching his speech, and the 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:12.320 reaction was amazing. They have help. And I was watching 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:16.439 the commentary afterwards when different continents came on to comment 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:21.480 on the President's speech. The different commentaries from different nations 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.960 who came on different Arabic leading TV channels, whether a 0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:29.560 Ladab or Al Jezira or Alhadas, all said independently of 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:34.600 each other, America is back. You heard that statement repeated 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:39.560 from different people who say America is back, stronger than ever. 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.800 America now is going to bring peace to the Middle East. 0:20:42.800 --> 0:20:46.240 There is a chance, and they all have help. Today 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:49.879 can be summarized with hope for the Middle East. And 0:20:50.240 --> 0:20:53.000 you know as well as I know that President Trump 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:55.280 is not going to throw Israel under the bus, but 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:58.399 he's going to make sure that Israel is protected and 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:01.280 the Sunique strong air up countries in the Middle East 0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:04.320 are going to sign a peace treaty or had something 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:08.000 with Israel before he leaves office. In his presidency. 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:11.480 Well, I mean, here's what I've been saying, and I 0:21:11.520 --> 0:21:15.920 think there's evidence that it's happening. Is there has been 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:21.639 a pivot in terms of many of these Middle Eastern 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:27.760 countries that now want to do business and prosper that that. 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:32.160 But however, that's still going to require require them to 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:37.000 purge the radicals that remain and not turn a blind 0:21:37.040 --> 0:21:39.320 eye as has happened in the past. You and I 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:44.120 both know it to radicalism in their midst and as 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:48.640 the President challenged Saudi Arabia today to make the pivot 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:51.080 and call, we called on the Saudis to join the 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:56.679 Abraham Accords recognizing Israel, and I think at the right point. 0:21:57.480 --> 0:21:59.879 I honestly think that the only reason they don't do 0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:04.719 it is because they believe that there'll be retribution and 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:07.959 they don't have the military might to take on the Iranians. 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:08.560 Am I wrong? 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:12.480 No, you are correct. They are afraid of the retribution 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:15.560 because look at it this way. In America, we have 0:22:15.720 --> 0:22:19.640 elections every four years, and every four years we changed leadership. 0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:21.760 Look at the previous leadership under Biden. I mean, what 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:25.679 a difference between the welcome reception of President Trump and 0:22:25.800 --> 0:22:29.400 the givenescry between President Trump and Ben Selman. You can 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:32.679 see it on display. They are true friends. There's a 0:22:32.760 --> 0:22:37.400 truly genuine respect and admiration with Biden. One Biden landed 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:39.640 when he was in in South Arabia, we didn't even 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:41.560 know if they were going to shake hands. I mean, 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:45.520 it was such a cold, different type of fabricated theater 0:22:45.680 --> 0:22:48.560 in front of the world relationship, but it meant nothing. 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:51.800 So the Faoudies were always afraid because they cannot trust 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:54.960 what comes next. What President Trump is trying to do now, 0:22:55.160 --> 0:23:01.320 especially with the codification of these business relationships, menting these 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:05.399 business deals, especially the military deals that have wing with 0:23:05.400 --> 0:23:10.920 Saudi Arabia. This gives the Saudis these strength the confidence 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:14.880 to say, Okay, we know America's got our back. We 0:23:14.960 --> 0:23:17.600 know that under his presidency, because we've got another for 0:23:17.760 --> 0:23:20.320 three years of President Trump. We know for the next 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:26.600 three years we can move their relationship and the assurances 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:29.879 so far forward that we can be protected if we 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.040 recognize Israel and do a peace treaty with Israel, even 0:23:33.080 --> 0:23:38.000 if it's on the governmental level like Egypt, like Jordan. Look, 0:23:38.560 --> 0:23:41.439 zeb and Jordan have a peace treaty with Israel on 0:23:41.520 --> 0:23:44.119 a governmental level. Not that the people of Jordan or 0:23:44.119 --> 0:23:46.560 the people in Egypt are in love with Israel, but 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:49.600 at least at the government level, they know there's not 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:52.520 going to be any war, and governments are cooperating with 0:23:52.600 --> 0:23:56.600 each other and sharing intelligence protecting each other. As you 0:23:56.680 --> 0:24:00.400 well know, the Egyptians and the Saudis and the United 0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:04.479 Arab Immert and the Israelis are coordinating on intelligence, especially 0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:08.200 when it comes to protecting themselves and their interests from Iran, 0:24:08.520 --> 0:24:10.520 who wants to establish a giminy in the Middle East. 0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:14.040 I think President Trumps today's visit the Saudi Arabia and 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:19.520 his speech, and also the way he edified Vincelman, the 0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.960 crown Prince, and how he kept praising him and lifting 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:26.040