>> now, when you -- when you talk about appealing to his ego, trump specifically mentioned his visit to saudi arabia as president, right, when he announced he is standing with the crown prince over the cia. now, when he visited, i want to show our viewers what he saw everywhere. everywhere. and you know, those of us who have driven around riyadh, you could put this picture up, it's just huge and it's everywhere. side-by-side, donald trump and the king. did that work, that manipulation? was that successful? >> yes, erin, and that's exactly what i had in mind when i said the successful saudi appeal to his ego, and it had to do with that trip. and literally rolling out the red carpet, gold carpet, every other form of carpet and this lavish treatment that he received, which seems to be the secret to success to garnering favor from the president of the united states these days.