when it comes to security issues and counter terrorism issues they do see eye to eye. today has been about pop and circumstance. you saw all day long the saudis lavishing all sort of attention on president trump. that went over very well with the president he likes that sort of thing. this evening the secretary rex tillerson, doing this sword dance that s grabbed all of our attention in the press file as we were watching it unfold on sawdy state television. the president got into it swaying a bit, didn t pick up the sword and dancing with it the way secretary tillerson did. it took a trip of thousands of miles away from washington to get the president in good spirits because of all the questions about russia going on back in the nation s capital. we should point out anna that subject did come up today in
our major story this afternoon. the saudis today rolling out the red carpet for president trump as he embarks on his first trip overseas. the world is watching president trump for whatever rhetoric he may use on this trip. the president has been known to use strong language against muslims and their religion. as a candidate donald trump through wide criticism when he falsely claims muslimed entrapped the city on 9/11. i watched in new jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. just weeks later in december, 2015 trump first announced his proposal to ban muslims. it came in the wake of the i.c.e. inspired attack in san
couldn t of this trip. keep in mind, from what we understand at this point, anna, there is no news conference scheduled for this trip that we ve been informed of that will take place on this trip. all day long today, typically in these sessions where the president go in and have a biliteral conversation with this foreign leader and that foreign leader there will be an opportunity for the reporters in that session to ask questions, that did not happen. one of critical thing we re looking at over the next several days is will the white house press shot, lot president allow the news media who are paying big pucks to follow him on this trip, will he give them an opportunity to ask him these questions. i think it s very tightly controlled when putting him out in front of cameras you may not get to hear that opportunity when the press get to ask him questions, but that is one way
policy s heading. so what we re left with is what the president said in his one encounter with the press today which was job, jobs, jobs. even though he s abroad, he s still got his domestic perspective front and center in his approach and that played itself out at the one time he got to talk to the press. the economics are a big thing, we know there was $110 billion arms deal, investment in lockheed martin, black hawk helicopters, general electric helping with the infrastructure in saudi arabia, u.s. oil company getting investments from saudi arabia as part of this deal, on the ore side of this trip we know the president wants to address terrorism and extremism with saudi arabia, how crucial is this country in the battle against terrorism? sure, just one point on the
today marks 50 days since trump walls sworn in. in 50 days he signed 16 executive orders. we have comed through the sound bites and tweets of the past 50 days. we re going to take you world wind trip of the last 50 days. from this day forward, america first. this is the biggest inaugural protest in history. this largest ever to witness inauguration. period. sean spicer gave alternative facts. president false claims that