Zolan Kanno-Youngs

I'm pretty competitive.

It's fun to beat friends and coworkers.

I'm guessing tanga is not a word.

Let's see.

Tanga is a word.

Oh.

I also pressed the president on wanting Iran's security forces to drop their weapons and surrender.

I asked him, well, who are they supposed to surrender to?

And the president said that he hopes that these security forces surrender to the people of Iran.

It's worth noting here, though, that these were the same security forces just earlier this year that were opening fire on street protesters and killing thousands.

Now the president is saying that he hopes security forces

will drop their weapons and surrender to the same people that they were targeting.

Really what the interview reflected is the degree to which the administration remains uncertain about what the next few weeks will hold.

And it comes at a time in which the entire world is really watching the Trump administration, the conflict in the Middle East, and wondering if this will expand into a broader conflict and what steps President Trump will take after launching this extraordinary action.

I'm Zolan Kano-Youngs.

I'm a White House correspondent.

Any minute now, I'll be heading to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum.

The forum is a gathering of some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful leaders, but all eyes will be on President Trump as he is expected to give a keynote address amid very deep concerns over the future of the transatlantic alliance.

What normally would have been a brainstorming session amongst the world's elites has turned into this all-hands emergency effort to de-escalate tension with an emboldened American president.

That's because of President Trump's lashing out at European leaders as well as his threats to take over Greenland.