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Was no city on earth you so much desire to see as jerusalem. well, mr. president, donald, there s no city on earth where you are more welcome than right here with us in jerusalem. welcome to jerusalem. welcome to isreal. [ applause ] thank you very much. it s a great honor to be with my good friend prime minister netanyahu. and of course sarah. thank you. and also thank you for that beautiful tour. melania is still talking about it. thank you very much. you honored me and melania by being one of the first world leaders to visit the white house as you know. and we had a very good and sound discussion. and now you honor us again by welcoming us to your home on my ....
Talking about the prospect for peace between israelis and the palestinians. president trump saying i have a feeling we are going to get there eventually. ambassador, you spent a great of time in this part of the world. is that a realistic expectation at this point? craig, hope springs eternal when it comes to jerusalem, and presidents who love to meddle in peace processes. we ve had every president since richard nixon, and then jimmy carter, ronald reagan, all had their respective peace plans. of course, president bill clinton and george w. bush. so let s understand, i think the president understands this is an extraordinarily heavy lift. what is unique here, craig, during the president s comments, he didn t immediately focus on the palestinian/israeli negotiation. he talked in very general, very telegraphic words about the ....
The personal relationship at that moment. the fact is, israel has had an incredible relationship with every u.s. president in the modern era, including president obama who was able to wrap up before he left the largest aid package to israel that s ever been done. kelly o donnell is traveling with president trump. she is also if jerusalem. kelly o., we know the two men and their wives are having this private dinner tonight. what is on the agenda for tomorrow and the remainder of president trump s trip? reporter: craig, tomorrow is the meeting with mahmoud abbas, the head of the palestinian authority. part of what is striking about the first two stops for president trump is a unified agreement among those he is visiting and the stone he is bringing of this criticism of iran and the former administration, president obama, as we heard others comment on. that is a string that ties these two stops together in some unexpected ways. steve is right, the president is ....
Relationship that could be built between sunni arab states and israel, provided there is an israeli-palestinian agreement, in order to combat the threat that iran poses, not only to israel but sunni arab states, as well as the threat that extremism poses. we have a president now who essentially went to saudi arabia, and established a rapport with the islamic world and has been received back in jerusalem as a hero because of the fact that there is such enormous antipathy towards his predecessor barack obama in israel, and so much antipathy towards barack obama in the sunni arab world. andrea mitchell, you have spent a great deal of time in israel, a great deal of time in jerusalem. you covered lots of these kinds of events. in terms of perspective here, this is a president who, over ....
No city on earth he desired to see as jerusalem. well, mr. president, donald, there s no city on earth where you are more welcome than right here than here in jerusalem. welcome to jerusalem. welcome to israel. [ applause ] thank you very much. and it s a great honor to be with my great friend, prime minister netanyahu. and of course, sara. thank you. and also thank you for that beautiful tour. melania s still talking about it. thank you very much. you honored me and melania by being one of the first world leaders to visit the white house, as you know. and we had a very good and sound discussion. and now you honor us again by welcoming us to your home, on my ....