in the world to finding a path to peace. joining me now director james wolsey . this is afternoo important p, speech, it marks a high point in beginning to turn the sunni world away from terrorism and indirect support of it. and also begins to mark our moving to working closely with the sunnis and not what president obama had embarked upon, which was essentially a partnership with iran. maria: white house hopes this is the beginning of a new chapter between the middle east and u.s., can president trump s message resonate given if has not in last nate years? i think last 8 years? i think it will, if he plays it straight, and does not veer off. he has an excellent team to help
sunni nations and the israelis you know president trump is forging an alliance, this is unique this many sunni nations with the president, then president going to israel without skipping a beat, a tremendous show of diplomacy, i believe by the president. whether he gets acknowledged here in american media is a different story. maria: quite extraordinary. yes, the trip to israel, immediately hereafter, i wish he was going to move the capitol. maria: this senses a message from saudi arabia to israel. it helps. what he will say, will help. and his general popularity with israeli leadership, and much of the political system, i think
wahhabis. and hard-line side of the sunni islam. and it has been there. each year there is a little more flectbility. now we ll see some of the fundamental changes takin taking place, not real fast. but i think you will see a different saudi arabia in a decade or two. maria: interesting to see president trump delivering a speech on muslim terrorism. here, there is a release, we ll make decisions based on real world outcomes, guided by lessons of experience, and not the confines of rigid thinking, where ever possible we ll we
beginning. this is a new beginning for american policy in the middle east. united states and sunni allies and israelis and muslim antiterror forces standing as well. for the president called antimuslim and everything else, this is a wonderful moment. maria: we ll take a pause for a moment to let our fox stations join us. this is knock fus fox news covef president trump s overseas trip, i am maria bartiromo in new york. president s second day in saudi arabia, it may be one of the most important of the presidency so far, mr. trump to set a speech on fighting terrorism. white house has released some parts of the speech already, we re told that president will
to change all of that. 50 countries here, this is not through o 3 or 4, that is important. and positive development. maria: president is sitting down now. with the president of saudi arabia, in royal court in riyadh, we re awaiting the president to begin his remarks, white house has released portions of the speech. this is a speech in hoping to empower the gcc, gulf cooperation countries, to be part of the effort to stomp out terrorism. president with much of the cabinet there, rex tillerson, wilbur roth, jared kushner and irivanka trump, as president was to deliver his remarks.