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isis, chris, in so many ways. tony mentioned the whole oil argument. he is an islamaphobe which helps groups, angry young men from across the world, not just the middle east. he s been featured in isis recruiting videos and his muslim ban has definitely been a recruiting ad for isis. so in many ways he helps, quote, unquote, the enemy. this is the importance of keeping u.s. forces on the ground. take a step back big picture. the president that tony worked for, president obama, he said it in a vice interview a few years ago, he admitted it. you can draw a direct line between invasion of iraq and the creation of isis. let s not forget that isis did not exist in iraq until the u.s. invaded iraq illegally in 2003. and baghdadi, some say, was partly radicalized himself in a u.s. prison in iraq. so let s not forget the big picture with the root causes, foreign policy, and even donald rumsfeld, who i hate to quote, 16 years ago, october 2003, he
he just says it out loud. as he recruiting sergeant for isis in so many ways. tony mentioned the whole oil argument. he is an islam phobe which helps groups, angry young men from across the world, not just the middle east. he s been featured in isis recruiting videos and it has been a recruiting ad for isis. one thing on the u.s. presence in the region. this is the importance of keeping u.s. forces on the ground. big picture. barack obama said in an interview with vice a few years ago, he admitted it. you can draw a direct line between invasion of iraq and the creation of isis. let s not forget that isis did not exist in iraq until the u.s. invaded iraq illegally if 2003. and baghdadi, some say, was partly radicalized himself in a u.s. prison. so let s not forget the big picture with the root causes,
the cia report is not what people say. the big question tonight is still why because the president s oil argument of course doesn t add up as a reason to side with saudi arabia as we just showed. so why is he? outfront now, james clapper, former director of national intelligence and cnn national security analyst. director clapper, i appreciate your time. you know, the president today, the quote i ll say it again thank you to saudi arabia. why? why is he doing this? you know, erin, i don t know. he s either gullible or disingenuous, and in either case, it doesn t speak well of him. if anybody ought to be thanking anybody, it ought to be mohammed bin salman thanking the president for giving him a pass. and clearly the president has demonstrated that he is a show me the money president. you know, this is not about america first. this comes out as saudi first. why this deference to yet
to slash oil production by half a million barrels a day, okay? when you cut production, it means there s less supply, prices go back up. they re slashing production because they want prices to go up, not down. because higher oil prices are good for saudi arabia. not the lower ones that president trump says are the reason he s siding with the saudis. we are with saudi arabia, we re staying with saudi arabia. are you siding with the saudis over your own intelligence? it s america first to me. it s all about america first. meantime, in saudi arabia, the crown prince s team is celebrating a victory over the cia. here s the foreign minister in an interview today. what we ve heard is the president say that the cia report is not what the people say it is. we heard the president say the cia report is not what people say. the big question tonight is still why. because the president s oil argument, of course, doesn t add up as a reason to side with saudi arabia as we just showed.