Ben Meiselas

Was it last week?

And this is where some of the writing was on the wall that there was going to be a deal with Iran.

MBZ spoke directly with Foreign Minister Araghchi of Iran.

And there was lots of reporting that the UAE was giving Iran billions of dollars.

Now, the UAE denies that for what it's worth.

But you can form opinions yourself if the UAE has released billions and billions of dollars.

Also reports that Qatar did as well.

And I think that MBZ, who you saw there, as well as the Emir of Qatar, Al Thani, they both just said, you know what?

We just can't rely on the United States in this region.

I mean, obviously, the U.S.

is still going to be a major power in the world just based on population and GDP and the markets and the post-World War II legacy.

But I don't think that going forward,

you're going to see any kind of similar view of these Middle East countries' perspectives on the United States.

And by the way, at the end of the day, that may be a good thing.

Right.

I mean, what way should we have air bases in all of these countries and in their territory?

It may actually be a good thing.

Why, why, why, why, why do we need to be spending billions and trillions of dollars on a military industrial complex that, you know, while American people are suffering?

And, you know, now, should we have gotten into an unlawful and catastrophic war in the first place to reach that conclusion?

You know, do I have confidence that the structure and framework of this deal is going to be durable?