also with us, cnn military analyst retired major general spider mark. max, i will start with you and how you responded to this on twitter. you said all you need to know about donald trump is that he is tougher on admiral mccraven than he is on crown prince or vladimir putin on kim jong-un. is the president putting u.s. interests over human rights in his response to this? >> i don't think he is putting u.s. interests first here because i don't think it is in america's interest to kowtow to saudi arabia the benefits that donald trump claims are largely an illusion. he just makes up these figures claiming that the saudis are buying $110 billion worth of arms or investing $450 billion in the united states. he pulls the figures out of thin air. he talks about how the saudis are helping us to contain iran.