president obama did. he is trying to emphasize america s interests, the interests in fighting isis and in securing that region and in our country against terrorism, and creating american jobs. that s something where he said, you know, we re going to do that at the expense of pushing on mesh s values. and we ll do it privately. i think it s a difficult thing for any president. it was difficult for the president before him and for george w. bush before that. i am glad, though, to see that he is taking a softer tone with respect to his inflammatory anti-muslim etoric and i think that s a step forward. we om have so far about five excerpts coming in advance of the speech. looking at live images of president trump lining up with the leaders that would categorically be classified here maybe as the class picture in advance of the speech that s going to take place. josh, let me ask you, in reference to steve in talking about what president trump is willing to settle for, you know,
at home and the issue of credibility for this president is a big one, but he s being treated very well by the royal family in saudi arabia. is that because of that $110 billion arms deal sor is it something else really to give him a helping hand at heft? well, i think, thomas, you re exactly right. i think part of it is a lot of the real work has been done before this speech. we had the weapons deal that was secured. i m sure that the president gave private ashurnlss about iran. but the reality is these world leaders and states have learned if you re going to appeal to president trump, appeal to his ego. the visuals of the sort of fete they put on for him when he landed, large displays on the buildings and the colors, it really was an appeal to sort of his ego. i think that s probably what they re trying to do. we see the new york times has rted that world leaders
language in this speech not to jeopardize those other money making opportunities, business opportunities between being allies. that s exactly the shared interest here. again it is not combatting terrorism, it is no advance business deals hopefully on behalf of the american public. but rex tillerson certainly comes from a perspective of being willing to deal many different types of leaders to advance business deals. so the idea of will this lead to more jobs in the u.s., will these be business deals that benefit the public at large, not specific into a company. so that s a learning curve it seems like for everyone in this administration, is how to work for the public good, rather than individual narrow company interests. steven miller has emerged as the thinker in all of this. he s pushing for the aggressive tone domestically.
of joked and said that, you know, people they re rolling out the red carpet because they re playing to his ego, but i really think that it s a heart felt welcome, especially when you have the 81-year-old leader come out and actually greet him. that s not fanfare. and i really feel like visiting saudi arabia first i think is sending a message that we are ready to deal with isis and we are taking this very serious and we need their commitment to deal with terrorism. nair, playing off what noelle is saying there, how do you think they are committed to backing the president with the vision that we expect to see laid out in this upcoming speech in the fight against international terrorism? sure. the saudis are certain ly i would say personality in they tend to rule as family, tend to keep their family members close
that wrote this speech also wrote the speech for the president when he gave that joint address to congress and using the words radical islamic terrorism. how much effort and approval do you think the secretary of state rex tillerson, input that he s delivering to nuance the speech? well, rex tillerson is also coming from a position of being a ceo, running a private sector company, so he has a steep learning curve as well, along with the president. so this is not a situation the president can lean on a secretary of state who has 40 years of government diplomacy behind him. but even with his background leading exxon and the shared interests of saudi oil with exxon and its international place in this world, how do you think that tillerson would be advising or helping to nuance