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Citizen, but in full disclosure, a friend of mine, and a guy who was going to come as a visiting journalist. he emptitied the frame of of any ethical or moral sensibilities and values and principles. at the same time to boot he managed to exaggerate what exactly the saudis have done for the united states. so, no. the u.s./saudi relationship is important. theyre not an ally, chris. theyre a security partner. we dont share common values with the saudis. and frankly to steves point, its not a quest...

And i think as you pointed out earlier and has been pointed out before, theres not a whole bunch of other people that can sell american-level military equipment in the world. >> right. >> its a -- its a sellers market, not a buyers market. >> its also a little bit of a red herring, right, because you have in saudi arabia our equipment already. u.s. equipment. its not really compatible with what youre going to get from russians. >> its not interoperable. >> and the chinese. and their stuff isnt a...

Want whenever they want about the president of the united states. >> theres a temporary restraining order thats going to get lifted and hes making it again. are you serious? >> his press pass was removed for very poor behavior. nothing was done to the organization of cnn. >> you dont mean that. he asked him -- >> im tired of -- >> do not do that to jim. >> im tired of constantly hearing about how he somehow abusing freedom of the press. that is a lie. thats fake news. >> no. >> he has done nothi...

About what you put first about america? and if you ignore human rights abuses by our supposed allies, then what are you really saying that this country stands for? lets ask our great debaters, van jones and scott jennings. listen, van. i know its bad. i know it looks like he killed him. im not going to say that, though, even though my cia says with strong certainty that the crown prince had something to do with it. but i cant give up that money. i cant risk economic woes over one man who, by the...

Regime that willfully planned and executed a murder. he emptied the frame of american foreign policy of any moral or ethical sensibilities and values and principals and at the same time to boot, he managed to exaggerate what the saudis have done for the united states. so no, the relationship with saudi arabia is important, but we are not an ally. and to steves point, it is not a question of values of interest. if john mccain were here, he would tell you our values. consequences of mbss policies.

Maneuver, and their economic siege of qatar has cemented ties between do ha and tehran. so far from a force of stability, i think a case can be made without some course correction, chris, that theyre a force for instability. >> is there merit to the argument, in your opinion, that the posture of america here is a nice, wide-eyed message for strongmen in other parts of the world. >> 100%. you didnt need -- the most tragic manifestation of this is the way that we have acquiesced and enabled the sa...

What it is. >> that drew swift, sharp rebukes from leading republicans. senate foreign relations chairman bob corker tweeted, i never thought id see the day the white house would moonlight as a public relations firm for the crown prince of saudi arabia. >> wow. kentucky senator rand paul wrote a series of tweets including this -- im pretty sure the statement is saudi arabia first, not america first. im also pretty sure national security adviser john bolton wrote it. then there was this -- frank ...

Trump. just moments before his annual white house turkey pardon -- he actually did two of them -- he also extended a massive pass to saudi arabia for the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. never mind that the cia determined the crown prince mbs ordered the execution. thats what they find with high confidence. how does the president take it today? he says, well, maybe he did. maybe he didnt. and besides, its about money, not morals. listen. >> its all about, for me, very simp...

A grown-up conversation, lets talk about that side. there is this obsession with iran. and there -- this administration made a bet that they could tear up the deal with iran, which had contained them by the obama administration, in terms of their nuclear ambitions, tear that deal up then work hard with the saudis and with the israelis to basically roll back iranian influence. i think that they have placed too much confidence in this strategy. i think they placed too much confidence in mbs, in pa...

Works. >> all right. and as you know, phil mud was saying to me, this isnt them saying, well, he could have done it or maybe he didnt. this is, he did it. i mean, bob, you know, the u.s. has a long history of supporting dictators, right? we might see a similar outcome without this press release and this visible public defense of mbs from another president. it would never happen in this way. but presidents have looked the other way before. does trump have another option here? >> hes got a lot of ...