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A strong security relationship. and the economics of it as well. theresa may has already spoken with president trump and house speaker paul ryan on negotiating a u.s./uk free trade agreement. a highly consequential election. unclear as to when those candidates will begin to continue their official campaign though, shannon. >> you know as our own president has been on this trip over the last few days, there's been this theme of fighting back against terrorism. tomorrow he heads to nato. he's criticized them for not doing enough. this will attack factor into what happens to the president at nato...

Visit to the middle east, skipped jerusalem, and i assume he regretted that fact for many, many years after. >> but, in fact, under president obama, military aid to israel continue unabated. >> no doubt. >> so as much as the personalities, netanyahu and obama, may not have liked each other or didn't get along well, the security relationship continued, the intelligence relationship continued, the military relationship tncontinu, so what's different under trump? >> definitely. not only continued, but strengthened. look, you know, i mean i think that the graph -- the trend of the israeli-american...

Pressure has to continue until that's achieved. i think that's a very big step. but also the symbolism. all talk in the campaign and rhetoric, of course, that everybody heard about. but i think the fact that president trump has made this effort to come to saudi arabia on his first visit and to give a speech tomorrow in a way to the muslim world and muslim leaders, shows that once he assumed power and was surrounded by the experienced advisers he has, secretary of defense, treasury, state, who understand the region very well, he came to realize that saudi arabia and his muslim allies are really...

Countries, that really is foundational to a strong security relationship as well. as you heard foreign minister jubeir mention, today we announced 23 foreign investment export licenses leading to upwards of more than $350 billion of historic direct investment. $109 billion of that is in arms sales to bolster the security of our saudi partners. these are going to result in literally hundreds of thousands of american jobs created by these direct investments in purchases of american goods, american equipment, american technology, but also, investment into the kingdom of saudi arabia as well. and ...

Pathway forward and will guide our path forward. you know, at the core of our expanding relationship, really are our shared security interests. america's security at home is strengthened when saudi arabia's security is strong as well. and the united states of america, the kingdom of saudi arabia are embarking on a number of new initiatives to counter violent extremist messaging, as you just heard the foreign minister describe. we're also going to be pursuing new approaches to disrupting financing of terrorism and advancing defense cooperation. today the united states and saudi arabia are condu...