Kriti Gupta

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Talk about these geopolitical issues.

You said I was joined on set here on The Pulse with Vice President, former Vice President Mike Pence.

We thank you so much for your time.

Welcome to London.

It's a thrill to have you.

Well, as my colleague Francine just said, it's a big day in Washington today.

We have Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman coming and visiting President Donald Trump as well.

This is a relationship that's really deepened over the last couple of years and certainly since his trip to May, to Riyadh in May as well.

What do you make of that deepening alliance between the United States and the Middle East?

You would think that these are two places that would be in competition when it comes to the oil markets, when it comes to defense.

We're seeing the opposite.

What do you think?

Well, to your point, that's a key pillar of one of the successes in the first administration under Donald Trump.

You mentioned that key piece of the kind of withstanding support for Israel.

Donald Trump talking earlier this week about actually selling F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

As you know, this has been a contentious issue, especially among several of the Middle Eastern allies there.

Do you think this is going to have ripple effects if you sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia?

Are more going to be knocking, more other nations going to be knocking at America's door?

And is that a good thing?