Hannah Rosen

This is so interesting. Basically what you're saying is this is the president that the Gulf leaders have been waiting for. Trump is the man that they can finally deal with in the way that they want to.

So now that we've established this nature of this relationship and where we are now, I want to understand what it means to the rest of us, not to Trump and his family. Sure. So when you hear about U.S. relations with Gulf states in the past, especially Saudi Arabia, human rights enters as a factor. Not always forcefully, but it's always—

So now that we've established this nature of this relationship and where we are now, I want to understand what it means to the rest of us, not to Trump and his family. Sure. So when you hear about U.S. relations with Gulf states in the past, especially Saudi Arabia, human rights enters as a factor. Not always forcefully, but it's always—

So now that we've established this nature of this relationship and where we are now, I want to understand what it means to the rest of us, not to Trump and his family. Sure. So when you hear about U.S. relations with Gulf states in the past, especially Saudi Arabia, human rights enters as a factor. Not always forcefully, but it's always—

Ever.

Ever.

Ever.

Right. So how important is that departure or shift?

Right. So how important is that departure or shift?

Right. So how important is that departure or shift?

Yeah, and of course the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA concluded that MBS ordered, although he denied it.

Yeah, and of course the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA concluded that MBS ordered, although he denied it.

Yeah, and of course the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA concluded that MBS ordered, although he denied it.

Okay, so we need to take a quick break. But when we come back, I want to talk about what this trip means for the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the U.S. 's role in them. That's when we're back.

Okay, so we need to take a quick break. But when we come back, I want to talk about what this trip means for the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the U.S. 's role in them. That's when we're back.

Okay, so we need to take a quick break. But when we come back, I want to talk about what this trip means for the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the U.S. 's role in them. That's when we're back.

Okay, we're back. So I want to put this Gulf visit in the broader Middle East context. As Trump was heading to this trip, he made a number of deals that seemed like they were trying to clear away American entanglements in the region. So the U.S. ceasefire agreement with the Houthis, Yemen, the agreement with Hamas to release the last living U.S. citizen held hostage in Gaza.

Okay, we're back. So I want to put this Gulf visit in the broader Middle East context. As Trump was heading to this trip, he made a number of deals that seemed like they were trying to clear away American entanglements in the region. So the U.S. ceasefire agreement with the Houthis, Yemen, the agreement with Hamas to release the last living U.S. citizen held hostage in Gaza.

Okay, we're back. So I want to put this Gulf visit in the broader Middle East context. As Trump was heading to this trip, he made a number of deals that seemed like they were trying to clear away American entanglements in the region. So the U.S. ceasefire agreement with the Houthis, Yemen, the agreement with Hamas to release the last living U.S. citizen held hostage in Gaza.

And then the announcement that the U.S., was going to lift sanctions on Syria.