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Have long since faded, some vestiges of the war do remain. most notably, the security relationship that effectively calls on the united states to assume the role of protector of the japanese empire. a role that comes at a very heavy cost to the american taxpayer. both in terms of manpower and money. something that then-candidate donald trump called unsustainable. >> i want japan and germany and saudi arabia, south korea, and many of the nato stations, they owe us tremendous. we're taking care of all these people and what i want them to do is pay up. >> reporter: analysts believe trump's commen...

Addressed the joint session of congress, he did not have a meeting, or was not invited to the white house for a meeting with president obama. the president saying, look, even if it was chancellor angela merkel of germany so close to her election we would not have had a meeting. saying it was because of the proximity to the election. but give us a little history lesson here. if you would, ron, because if you look at the numbers that don rightly pointed out in the interview the $38 billion in aid to israel the u.s. just signed, the fact that this is the first time that the administration has all...

Domestically. >> it reflects the divide. the security relationship is strong. there is a fundamental disagreement between the obama administration and the netanyahu government as there was between bill clinton's government aover what is the best path for israel. under democratic presidents there is no question there is a view that there needs to be a real two state solution to provide a lasting stable peace in that part of the world. and it is clear, also, that netanyahu is happy. that divide is real. i think, the way in which this is unfolded, i think, gives you a very clear sense that under ...

Spoke to the deputy -- former deputy cia director. he said, look, the west is going back to a security relationship with egypt, saudi arabia, because they so badly miscalculated what would happen after the arab spring. the vacuum was filled by al qaeda and isis. >> he made it clear, not just hearing this from president abdel fattah el sisi, the president of egypt, he said if the regime of assad would go, the syrian military would collapse, all of the military hardware could end up in the hands of terrorists. he specifically said that not only would endanger further syria, but jordan, lebanon a...

Administration could lay down in terms of the parameters for a final agreement that they hope a future israeli leader might one day grab onto. >> if you think back to 1990 and that famous james baker moment when he made that ultimatum to israel over the peace process. >> everybody over there should know that the telephone number is 1-202-456-1414. when you're serious about peace call us. >> is the relationship in the worst place now than it was back then? >> i think that the relationship is fundamentally solid then in the way it was now, in the sense that the u.s. and israeli security relation...