steve clemons still with us. matt bradley, chris dickey also with us.ant to start off with nbc news' matt bradley. we heard him speak. we listened to le pen earlier. comparison of messages. emmanuel macron, very even toned throughout his entire delivery. le pen also by most at least manifestations of emotion very straight forward as well. >> that's right. i mean, i think if you were to have seen a marine le pen acceptance speech, it might have looked a little bit like donald trump's inauguration speech. you would have heard some of the darker images that she's actually brought up -- she made a speech two weeks ago when she sk accepted the mantel of moving on until this election and she talked about the savage globalization destroying france. the multiculturism that seemed to be undermining french culture and she called on the french people to go back to french cull children and protect it and and the industries from what she called again the savage globalization. so it's kind of like the american carnage that donald trump threw out in his inauguration s

steve clemons.'s comments. are you surprised by this? she is saying this out loud. >> well, i'm not surprised but we do need to note that angela merkel of all of europe's leaders is probably the least flamboyant, the least likely to make reckless comments. she said this because this is something she feels deeply and is articulating it to send a shot across the bow, to the trump administration and warning it it is now viewing the united states as an unreliable ally. this is a profound moment. i'm not surprised in the sense that when you and i were at the brussels forum the cynicism about the united states was palpatab palpatable. but there was a sense of hope that america would stand with allies, that it wouldn't recklessly pull out of the paris climate change accords and now these things are happening and you are seeing shock and dismay among europe's leaders. >> so it solidifies or confirms after this president's trip through europe those concerns that were voiced over the past several months that

. >>> steve clemons, edit editor-at-large an msnbc contribut contributor. sometimes those mamts say a lot. what do you get from that interaction? >> they're getting very casual with the king. one thing interesting about this particular trip with king solomon compared to president obama, the king spending as much time as he can with president trump. spending time with him, drinking coffee. it's a high touch visit and president obama didn't enjoy that kind of relationship with the saudi royalty. >> the president has largely kept out of earshot of american reporters. but he did make quick comments. he made it a point to repeat the word jobs. is he trying to shift the focus from the investigations at home? >> one can think he's only trying to shift from the russian investigation. on an earnest front, i think that president trump has been focused and said he's been focused on bringing jobs back, promoting investment. it's the one consistent theme that he raises in nearly every meeting with every foreign leader that he meets. certainly in the oil and energy infra

steve clemons, good conversation today. i got you riled up a little bit. at's what we want on a saturday. thank you, steve. >> thank you. >>> also a preview of the president's speech to muslim leaders tomorrow. in fact here's a clip from his weekly address. >> now it appears muslim leaders are ready to take more responsibility and a much bigger role in fighting terrorism in their region. america cannot solve all of the world's problems, but we can and we must help any nation willing to join in the common cause of eradicating terrorism from the face of the earth. >>> also new remarks today from congress weighing in on former fbi director james comey's return to capitol hill to testify before the senate intel committee on russia's interference in the u.s. elections. here's what two lawmakers told thomas roberts a short time ago. >> i think the credibility on the issue probably sits with mr. comey, because the president and his team have had so many different stories that it's kind of hard to believe any of them. >> when the president refers to the russia prob

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i want to bring in steve clemons, msnbc contributor and editor-at-large with "atlantic" magazine and colonel jackson, msnbc analyst. this welcome is vastly different from the welcome president obama got when he visited in april of 2016 when he was treated by the governor of riyadh. why do the saudis like trump better? did the air strike in syria possibly put president trump over the top? >> i think you nailed it. i think right now the saudis are trying to push reset with this white house. i think ayman described it beautifully that the saudis have been frustrated with the tilt president obama's white house gave to iran or how they saw the tilt in orchestrating, negotiating the iran deal. whether you support it or not, nonetheless, it gave iran a pathway the saudis have resented and they thought the focus of the white house were too focused on the persian side of the equation and not the sunni/muslim side of equation which saudis are the recognized leader. i think they're trying to push reset. they've had several good meetings. the foreign minister has had a number of meetings with ja

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