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That -- >> yeah. >> that's donald trump pushing back against what he calls the ultimate deal between israelis and palestinians. but we were -- during the break -- >> is this real? >> oh, that, yes. >> we're going to play it for you. >> fantastic. >> running for governor where he calls donald trump, what, a maniac and narcissisnarcissist? >> narcissist and maniac. >> where people are in primary commercials. you stumbled upon something else. >> quoting rex tillerson i feel bad but whatever. secretary of state talking about the trip. u.s. president, saudi arabia will be, quote, tel aviv, home of ...

>> foreign leaders i know, angela merkel being one of them, the president picks up the phone and calls her and they have to place the calls well in advance and an aide finds out the president wants to talk to her and says is there some big new initiative, is there some military action? no, he just wants to talk to her. he doesn't know the basics of protocol and so forth. the bigger question, you know, president nixon was the first president ever to go to both israel and saudi arabia. he went there in 1974 with the same agenda that president trump has. that was to promote a new peace plan after...

And not barack obama. but that completely switches to 180-degree shift when he goes to europe because europeans are horrified that donald trump is our president. most leaders. and they actually were extraordinarily comfortable with barack obama. >> yes. he started with the easiest bit of the trip, saudi arabia. the trip in israel has complication around the western wall and then he gets to europe where donald trump has met several of the european leaders, theresa may, angela merkel. he hasn't met emmanuel macron. you can't ignore the united states. it's too big. the economy is too big. the mil...

Slightly more open situation. i think the big difference when he gets to europe, joe, compared to the middle east is that in the middle east everyone is thrilled about who he's not, which is his predecessor. in europe, people are not thrilled who he's not because they preferred his predecessor, much more comfortable with barack obama, a far more open, aggressive media. the european half of this trip could be more difficult. >> go ahead. >> i was just going to say, no one right now is happier that donald trump is out of the country than the republican strategists who are running the races in mo...

Yes, represent a lot of negative trends. i have felt for years that if the sunni countries could feel more secure, could build themselves back up, self confidence, outward expansion. if the sunnis had more confidence, lease more balance in the region, some things might be possible that would be positive. >> mika? >> as we watch live pictures of president trump, of course, in jerusalem, i want richard haas to jump in about the symbolism of these moments and the backdrop of what's happening in washington, d.c. >> well, there's a long tradition of presidents being abroad at the times of domestic ...