convinced himself that saudi arabia is an important financial boone to the y boom to the united states. naes not necessarily true but he doesn't want to have to explain somehow that what he believes to be $110 billion in investments are not coming to the united states. >> the actual spending? >> the actual spending is 10, 15%? >> far less than that. that's our leverage over them, not the other way around. so, president trump is grappling with this. we're seeing him grapple with it in real life. i think they're looking for, in the white house, a way to punish the saudis that doesn't step on that issue for the president but i think this is still something that they are actively trying to work out and we are not seeing them move quickly on it. that's notable. they are not moving with any kind of haste. >> the president says he will speak to the saudi king some time this weekend. he has not as yet. the crown prince has directly