Thomas Small

Because if you're not, I have to certainly in public say I'm against it because I don't want Iran to be attacking me.

By the way, what is your plan, Mr. President?

No description of that plan forthcoming.

The Arab allies have been kept very much in the dark throughout this process.

They are very fed up.

My co-host Ayman the other day revealed that

In a private meeting with a very high-ranking Gulf minister, the Gulf minister actually confessed that it is becoming increasingly clear to him and to his colleagues that it would have been better if Kamala Harris had won the election.

They are extremely disappointed in how Donald Trump has prosecuted this conflict, and the trust levels on the Gulf side are very low at the moment.

I mean, it's remarkable, Richard, that you say that because Pakistan has been mediating this deal, a really remarkable, rather stupid part of this entire charade.

They are not trustworthy mediators whatsoever.

They have lots of skin in the game in all sorts of ways.

There's tremendous corruption involved in this.

And so I haven't read the art of the deal.

I have to admit, I haven't read it, but I'm not seeing, being played out in front of my eyes, a great deal maker making a great and beautiful deal.

It does not seem like that to me.

It seems like he's making it up as he goes along.

If you think that I am part of the professional class, you don't know me.

I do not have a professional class bias.

I do have a human bias of rationality as the primary driving force of decision-making.

Now, maybe.