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And how much trade flows through this region and that s the principal point why it s important to have a safe saudi arabia and u.s. needs to be involved here. up to a million u.s. jobs could be at risk if this extends into chaos and for some reason the royal family and the government here fell. yes, there s a thin line and balance between the royal family and some of the wahhabis and we ve heard about that time and again. and it s to the royal family s interest to keep the status quo. and so a chance to as they balance two things. but the people must the family needs to be reformed. and there are many princes that have a handsome payment and that s one of the things that the president is talking about here. saudi arabia needs to reform from the inside before affecting change in the region ....
On this missile defense system and marilyn huesen was the first person in the exchanging of military documents to go up there and shake the hands of one of the saudi dignataries and hand over from the missile system. and it s interesting to take note about the atmospherics here and the difference from president obama. one of the biggest differences when president obama touched down here in riyadh, at king kaled airport, the king salman did not come out to meet him at the tarmac, but when president trump arrived this morning at about 9:50 a.m., there was a red carpet out there. there was a middle eastern rug out there as well, ceremonial one, and there was king salmans out to greet the president. the two had, what looks like a very good relationship, rim reminiscent of the bush relationship in late 80s and ....
President, overseas right now. these are live pictures coming in from saudi arabia, riyadh, saudi arabia, 6:00 in the afternoon there. president trump arrived this morning and had a packed day already signed a number agreements for arms purchases and we are now awaiting, and he think this is the room. you can see the american flag and the saudi flag set up there. secretary of state rex tillerson and his saudi counterpart, the former minister, this was not scheduled. as things happen in the arab world and presidential visits, they are way behind schedule by an hour or so of now so we re waiting for a couple of meetings to happen before we ll see the secretary of state and then the foreign minister from saudi arabia. right, and i want to bring in our own john roberts who is also awaiting this joint press conference and john, does it ....
Have a few minutes until this press conference begins, we re going to bring in evan siegfried, a strategist and evan, good to hear from you. from a political standpoint, for a president who had, shall we say, a rough past ten days, you can t beat these pictures, you can t beat this conversation that s happening? this is actually very good for the president after what has happened over the past two weeks. he s able to show that he s going out and focusing on the job he was elected to do, not what people are talking about back here as to whether or not it s some giant scandal or not. what he s doing is going and doing the people s business on foreign policy, by working with the saudis. he s going to end up working with the israelis and he s going to talk with n.a.t.o., the g-7 and the pope. and what we can see already coming out of this deal with the saudis is not only a more secure world, and the potential for that, but even an economic benefit for the united states ....
Affect the president s ability to negotiate and how is it so different? it greatly improves the president s ability to get concessions out of the saudis, to get their cooperation on things like the war on terror. one of the big points of commonalty between the united states, at least this president, and saudi arabia, this president, president trump agrees with saudi arabia that iran is a huge problem in this region and does represent a threat to arab allies in the region. they didn t like the idea that president obama signed this nuclear deal with iran. they re happy to see president trump in office and happy to see him here in saudi arabia. contrast that with what s going on back home for president trump. he s enjoying this trip so far, i would say, elizabeth. john roberts, we re going to be continuing to check with you as we await this press conference with secretary of state rex tillerson and his ....