. >> that's a great point, kishore. martin, leaders in the middle east whom you know so well, the prime minister of israel, the president of egypt, the crown prince of saudi arabia, the crown prince of the uae, all have personal and very strong ties with trump. do they worry that they are living in a kind of post--american middle east where ther e going to have to freelance? does this make them worry about that? do they worry about this as a political circus and trump will be stronger than ever and their relationship is fine? >> i think you're right, fareed, that the actors that you've mentioned all have a big stake in donald trump's survival and, indeed, his re-election. his policies are broadly in the middle east, are broadly welcomed by them. however what they worry is not impeachment but the fact that united states is, in fact, retrenching from the middle east and that trump's determination to end america's involvement in wars in the middle east could lead to a withdraw from this region by the very president that th