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>> absolutely. and one of the things that he has done is try to alter the economics of imperatives which is all about on oabout oil. you have this big conference where all these investments from the sovereign wealth fund, now you there is a pretty big full back, but not from the trump administration. >> right. as we heard yesterday, steve mnuchin is going to be attending. he had no plans to pull back and that is a very back look especially ywhat yo jared kushn stood by mbs. they bonded over lunc...

Syria. take a look at a lot of countries. a lot of countries records have been overlooked, but this is a very serious thing and were looking at it in a very serious manner. okay? and well see it we have a big crowd. >> have you talked to the king of saudi arabia? >> i have not. i will be calling him. >> still hasnt called the king? donald trump, who made saudi arabia his first foreign trip and was plied with a welcome fit for a king, magic orb and a dance included says he still hasnt calmed king...

First quarter thanks to the saudi entourage with the crown prince coming to stay. its really odd. this is a president lots of conflicts of interest and a president who likes authoritarian leaders like the saudi king and saudi crown prince. >> lets play donald trump in mobile, alabama talking about saudi arabia to your very point. >> saudi arabia, and i get along great with all of them. they buy apartments from me, they spend $40 million, $50 million, am i supposed to dislike them? i like them ve...

This guy is shifty and hes not to be trusted. so i think jared kushner has been his ambassador. the parallels between the two, that hes the son-in-law and secretary of all the things, then you have him with mbs is and hour theyre the king and i think you have to look at what theyve produced. >> i have a producer who loves split screens. take a look at this. >> japchina has treated us very badly. >> were going to have to see what happens. i dont like stopping the massive amounts of money thats be...

Mind to distance itself from the kingdom. >> so the united states in my view does not have a compelling ghee o geopolitical reason to continue with this relationship with saudi arabia. but saudi arabia does have a very compelling geopolitical reason to try to keep the united states as close as possible to itself in order to use the u.s. power to fight rivalries in the region. it was the former secretary of defense of obama administration bob gates who said that the saudis want to fights the iran...

You cannot pen straight this willful ignorance of people and believe his denials and take them as truth, which is very scary. and the irony is not lost on me that this is a president who has called journalists enemy of the people. this is a president who has donned fake news. now you have this journalist from the post who was an opinion columnist who is critical of the saudi government. its very clearly to me that they murdered this guy. bob corker said we dont need to ask that question. its cle...

Real story gets out that its true that the saudis did this murder and that the united states may have known about it then you have something thats a crisis that could take down both governments. >> and it was the news organization that you work for that did do this story, that hints at the fact that jared kushner was very open, that he, like his father-in-law, had very loose lips when in the presence of foreign leaders who he probably should not have been chatting too, right, and that he may hav...

Criticizing saudi arabia for its human rights abuses which the trump administration has not done. and i think that we will continue to see jared stand by and mbs as more information comes to light because the information is too important. i think that to pull out of this now especially when the saudis have the potential to blackmail kushner which they have said that they have him in his pocket, i think that it is really -- we just have to prepare for the worst here in terms of the trump administ...

>> you know, this stung for mbs, mohamed been salaman, because he was a man whod been closely tied to the royal family, been a top advisor to the -- and later the saudi ambassador to the united kingdom. his criticism was very much from somebody inside the tent. and thats what i think outraged the -- mbs and his clique around him so much because he was a respected voice, he had a huge megaphone thanks to that "the washington post" column. and to have him questioning mohammed been salamans reformi...

Organization that you work for that did do this story, that hints at the fact that jared kushner was very open, that he, like his father-in-law, had very loose lips when in the presence of foreign leaders who he probably should not have been chatting too, right, and that he may have given information to the saudis that was helpful to them in terms of speaking to them out of turn. what do we have to back that up? >> the reporting from my colleagues also mentioned, you remember, the intercept the ...