Sir. The president of the United States of america, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. Thank you. I would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom, saudi arabia, for hosting todays summit. I am honoured to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendour of your country. On the kindness of your citizens. But words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place. And the incredible hospitality you have shown us. From the moment we arrived. He also hosted me in the home of the founder of the kingdom who united you great people. Working alongside another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, King Abdulaziz began the partnership between our two countries. King solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. And just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership today we begina new chapter of our partnership today we begin a new chapter that w
Sir. The president of the United States of america, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. Thank you. I would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom, saudi arabia, for hosting todays summit. I am honoured to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendour of your country. On the kindness of your citizens. But words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place. And the incredible hospitality you have shown us. From the moment we arrived. He also hosted me in the home of the founder of the kingdom who united you great people. Working alongside another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, King Abdulaziz began the partnership between our two countries. King solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. And just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership today we begina new chapter of our partnership today we begin a new chapter that w
Sir. The president of the United States of america, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. Thank you. I would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom, saudi arabia, for hosting todays summit. I am honoured to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendour of your country. On the kindness of your citizens. But words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place. And the incredible hospitality you have shown us. From the moment we arrived. He also hosted me in the home of the founder of the kingdom who united you great people. Working alongside another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, King Abdulaziz began the partnership between our two countries. King solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. And just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership today we begina new chapter of our partnership today we begin a new chapter that w
not view president trump as kindly as the leaders who are with him today. as we ve been listening to you, we ve been seeing some of the crowd gathered there, including jared kushner, the president s son-in-law. earlier we saw ivanka trump there traveling with president trump as well. i want to read one excerpt from the speech that we ve been provided with by the white house prior to the president delivering it. we will make decisions based on real world outcomes, not inflexible ideology. we will be guided by the lessons of experience, not the confines of rigid thinking. wherever possible, we will seek gradual reforms, not sudden intervention. vali, you spend a lot of time in the region. this is a president beyond his rhetoric in the campaign continues to pursue a travel ban that u.s. courts have read as a ban targeting specifically the muslim faith. so how does how does not just the street in the region, but how do arab leaders rectify this
politics. people have come out and spoken out against hard-liners. it is very clear for the iranians that if this was an election first, but second also a referendum on the sort of ideology they want here and the answer of the iranian people is very clear. they want moderation, good relations with the outside world, and more freedoms inside their country. elliott abrams, of course president trump spoke during the campaign of tearing up the iranian nuclear deal. but just again last week he signed a waiver on sanctions, which is part of the process, in effect continuing the loosening of these sanctions as iran continues to meet the terms of the deal. is that going to change during the trump presidency? i think it depends partly on iranian behavior, of course. i couldn t say he loosened the sanctions. there was some tightening of ancillary sanctions, let s call them missile related but not nuclear. but not nuclear.