Weapons attack. Look at those pictures. If russia has the influence in syria that it claims to have, we need to see them use it. We need to see them put an end to these horrific acts. How many more children have to die before russia cares . The Trump Administrations Foreign Policy certainly being put to the test this week. Hes meeting today with jordans King Abdullah, just the latest in a series of highprofile meetings with world leaders. Lets bring in our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, the white house condemned the attacks in syria. But the administration suggested in recent days that the syrian president Bashar Al Assad could remain in power. What does that mean for todays
very important meeting with King Abdullah . Wolf, it is critical in this critical meeting. More importantly, were waiting on word from the president himself here. What he says about syria. We saw, you know, a quick remark there in the opening. But will he embrace, will he amplify the message th
very important meeting with king abdullah? wolf, it is critical in this critical meeting. more importantly, we re waiting on word from the president himself here. what he says about syria. we saw, you know, a quick remark there in the opening. but will he embrace, will he amplify the message that his u.n. ambassador nikki haley delivered at the united nations earlier this morning with tough talk on russia. we have yet not heard the president speak that directly about russia. we know the president will be addressing syria when he meets here in the rose garden in just a few motels, wolf. so, if he is, you know, repeating the line of nikki haley it will be the most significant words he has said yet. if he does not go that far, that will be significant as well here, wolf. because up until now, yes, the administration says this was a
it is now my responsibility, he says, to deal with all the issues. lots to assess as the president and king abdullah of jordan go back inside from the rose garden. gloria borger, let me start with you. he didn t get into specifics, but he warned that the u.s. is about to take action on several fronts. yeah. he left the presser saying, you will see. and in that was an implicit threat. he made it very clear that he has changed his attitude towards syria and assad. blah i did not hear from the president which we heard from ambassador nikki haley earlier was a word to the russians. nikki haley said earlier if russia has the influence they claim to have some syria, she said, we need to see them use it. we did not hear the president talk about russia s role in all of this. nor did we talk about russia using its influence with assad in all of this. but it is a complete turnaround from rex tillerson who basically
the king has been a really tireless advocate for solution. he s going to help me with that, and help me at the highest level. and we will be consulting with him very closely in the days ahead. king abdullah, i want to take this opportunity to thank you for your partnership, working together, the united states and jordan can help bring peace and stability to the middle east. and in fact, the entire world, and we will do that. thank you very, very much for being with us. mr. president, thank you for such a kind and warm welcome to the white house. i fondly remember the meetings we ve had many years ago. and more recently, several months ago. you ve always been a generous
do. and it will be a shorter fight than a lot of people are thinking about, believe me. we ve made tremendous strides as we ve discussed. as you know, we had a very, very fine delegation come over from egypt and also from iraq, and they said more has been done in the last six weeks than has been done in years with the previous administration. believe me, we re going to keep it that way. we will destroy isis, and we will protect civilization. we have no choice. we will protect civilization. king abdullah and i also discussed measures to combat the evil and ideology that inspires isis and plagues our planet, in addition, we also acknowledge the vital role that jordan has played in hosting refugees from