Mike Pence

Well, I think it's important to remember the very first days of our administration.

Back in 2017, President Trump's first international trip was to a conference of Arab nations in Riyadh.

From very early on, we sensed that it was important.

to begin not just with Saudi Arabia, but to reach out to Arab countries, even while we stood without apology for our most cherished ally, Israel.

I mean, we moved the American embassy to Jerusalem.

We recognized the Golan Heights.

Many said that would be inconsistent with peace in the region.

But what they forgot was that President Trump, in our four years together,

aggressively reached out to Arab nations.

At the same time, we isolated Iran, which is a leading state sponsor of terrorism in the region, and at the end of our four years, signed the Abraham Accords.

And my hope is, as MBS comes to the White House today, that in addition to the other issues that I'm sure will be discussed from the standpoint of AI and energy security,

and others, is I am hopeful the president will engage the crown prince very directly on the need for Saudi Arabia to lead other nations into an expansion of the Abraham Accords.

Well, the F-35 is our most advanced aircraft stealth technology.

And I'm very confident that as the president gives consideration to the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia or any other country that will

put the interests of America first.

It's extremely important in any sale that we ensure that that technology does not make its way into China's hands or into the hands of other adversarial nations.

And so I have concerns about the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia or any nation that could not assure the United States that technology and the

the great advancements that we've made with the F-35 don't fall into the hands of nations that are hostile to our interests.

Well, I think one of the things that our administration did in our four years was recognize that China is the greatest economic and strategic threat facing the United States.

And we imposed historic tariffs on China.