secretary of state, playing his own chess game in the middle east thinking you got to go after iran, saudi arabia is crucial, how the u.s. is positioning himself with iran. the president with his transactional view of foreign policy, about money, the arms deals, the oil. yeah. jared, with respect to mr. kushner, based on conversations with white house officials, more of a side player here. partly because he seems a little bit hot, a little bit hot because of his relationship with mohammed bin salman. i know, he may be covering up for this or leading the cover-up. isn t the son-in-law, jared, the one who s supposed to put this grand treaty together, something like the old green line with some changes, but doesn t protect the arab rights in j jerusal jerusalem? aren t they looking for the saudis to underwrite that deal? wasn t that the plan led by the crown prince? that was the plan, but actions speak louder than any kind of plan. who went to saudi arabia? who s gone to turkey? t
on the other side, steve bannon who helped steer him to his big win in november. a forced sit down over the weekend at mar-a-lago and the message from the president to both of them, work it out. cut it out. get along. here to discuss, cnn political commentator a former south carolina state house member and cnn political commentator kevin. what do you make of this? different than white house infighting because normally one side isn t the son-in-law of the president. i mean, can steve bannon ever win out in that kind of fight? certainly an advantage there. look, i think tension within white house staff is not new. by the simple fact of the pressure you have on you, the long, stressful hours and you have to work very closely together. that s not new. what is new, poppy, so much of this is playing out hour by hour in the media. and that is never a good thing.