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Syria. so they would like to continue the proxy war now with much more direct american involvement and american backing, not just diplomatic backing, but also some degree of american military involvement. thats a decision that washington has to make in terms of how much they want to get involved in this direct confrontation and how much they want to encourage the saudis to pursue a confrontational policy with iran. the big difference with the obama administration is that towards the end the obam...

These countries and these leaders for whom this is local, this is their life, this is their citizenry, this is their community every day, the president from washington trying to speak. that was the point obama made. i get points for saying that at home but the people i need to help me get offended and cant say we need to help america. >> the expectations though for president trump in these things have gotten so low, to me its like can he get through this without offending a huge part of the worl...

Who certainly didnt bring anything along those lines when he went on his first trip to the muslim world to saudi arabia, you and i were both on that trip. >> um-hum. i think were also seeing how hes being greeted by the saudi government, which isnt necessarily representative of all the people in saudi arabia or all the people in the middle east who will be closely watching the speech today, and there are a couple of reasons i think the government greeted him so warmly. one, they see him more har...

If the muslims dont care about extremism. as if they have not been fighting extremism. as if they have not suffered under extremism. and i dont think thats a sort of a -- i would say is a condescending message that sounds like we can all rally together, but it doesnt really acknowledge where the muslim world is on this issue right now. >> elliott abrams, the first line here, the president says this is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, different civilizations. the fact is it...

The other coming from westerners arent going to answer the mail. so i think in that respect, i think he actually made a fair point. on iran, i think he made the saudis very happy. i think hes made it unmistakably clear that iran, perhaps even more than the islamic state, is the fundamental threat to the region. and in doing so, he drew some very tightly drawn battle lines. the question is what now are the saudis and the americans going to do about it? how in effect are they going to counter yeme...

I want to bring in daniel shapiro and ishan, foreign affairs reporter for "the washington post." thank you for joining me. daniel, i want to start with you. give me your take of day one for president trump. >> it looked like a pretty successful day. the saudis gave him an extraordinarily warm welcome with the extravagance that the president probably appreciates. they got a lot out of that deal, out of that welcome with the $110 million arms deal. he got something out of it with the pledges of sa...

Former president barack obama who enforced the more moderate candidate, emmanuel macron. in fact, he went so far as to declare his support in a video released just three days ago. watch this. >> he has stood up for liberal values. he put forward a vision for the importance role that france plays in europe and around the world, and he is committed to a better future for the french people. he appeals to peoples hopes and not their fears. >> reporter: so this election in france really became kind o...

Success. interesting whats going on all at once the world where people are telling the establishment, top telling me who to be or how to worship, how to raise my children, where my hard earned money should go. people are really asking for sovereignty and security. reporter: this election in france has really become a kind of proxy war between president trump is former president obama between nationalism and globalism. the polls close in about an hour and a half. everyone here watching very close...

Box as it were as it was waging this kind of proxy war throughout the region. and there is a sense that iran will be countered and by the way, obama was doing that in yemen and support of the saudis as well. its not entirely a different policy. what you just saw with rex tillersons statement there, anyone who had any question whether iran was on notice now the answer is yes, they appear to still be on notice. >> of course hes referring to mike flynn coming out in the press briefing room and sayi...

June. what has become a proxy war and where does the fight head next? >> we may not know the outcome for some time. but let me tell you this, there is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages. ♪ ♪ ♪ take on the mainstream. introducing nissans new midnight edition. ♪ my insurance rates are but dad, youve got... ...allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates wont go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed.