response from the response, a response from the gulf states saudi gulf states primarily saudi arabia, the uaeomething on what would you do? if this is not an option, if the departure of is not possible palestinians is not possible because they do not wish to leave or you are not willing to leave'eryeu'aresnet willing te them, which they are accept them, which they are not, what then is your proposal? what assistance are you ready to that you ready to provide? that leads us to what has over the last year and a half been the position of those states which is the are prepared to engage in stabilisation measures, boots on the ground, as well as reconstruction at a considerable cost to them but only within the framework of an . by israel of what: . by israel of what;we acceptance by israel of what we me say in reductionist terms a credible pathway to a negotiated permanent state i don't see them resolution. i don't see them coming in. is resolution. i don't see them coming in-— coming in. is there not also the risk _ coming in. is there not also the risk typically _ coming in. is there not also th

states in the persian gulf, chief among some saudi arabia and the uae, both have somewhat politically surface level inched towards tehran. while they have not been hit decisively by the proxies of the islamic republic since october 7, it is part of their larger security strategy, akin to a knife in the back and a handshake in the front. a knife is the proxy in the missile and drone threat, which they leveled against the saudi's and iranians. the handshake is the deconfliction agreements and the normalization agreements. chiefly saudi arabia. in 2015 when president obama was seeking and signing the new deal, the council states were the front line of pressure. now they seem to be the frontline of moderation and live because they have their own domestic concerns when it comes to saudi arabia normalization and vision 2030. you don't want a regional war distracting from that. >> what more can we expect from the trumpet of mr. risch in part two in terms of its policies towards iran? >> the president has been fairly consistent in his desire for a deal. you can trace it back to the campaign p

uae and saudi. >> arabia on notice as well, which is if you don't like my idea to rebuild gaza, what's yours? and how are we going to move this. forward to have a gaza after this dispute with the israelis are over? that doesn't go right back to hamas. >> that said. >> in all of these negotiations. >> for more than a year, secretary. >> blinken, brett mcgurk, bill. >> burns negotiating. >> with all of. >> the players. >> in the. >> persian gulf, had agreements that if. >> they if. >> america could help pressure. >> and get a more. effective palestinian. >> authority. >> that they. >> would kick in the money. to rebuild gaza. but israel. >> had to. >> agree to some pathway. >> to some pathway to statehood. and it's really. not even a state, but some territory. but what israel is. >> doing. >> from the. >> arab perspective and from many israelis perspective, probably half the. israeli public is. >> taking more and more land from the west bank, from palestinians. >> and not. settling the, you. >> know, the. fighting in gaza. >> that the former defense. >> secretary, gallant. >> gallant, sa

nuclear weapon imagine reaction across the middle east if iran tests a nuke then you have saudi turkey uae others, that may want their own nuclear weapon we have a nuclear arms race in the middle east. so when you know, when my fellow americans say why does this matter to us? that prospect should terrify the entire world tt president trump determine to stop it prevent it from happening. maria: china in the backdrop what would be your recommendation in terms of the proper policy to keep china in check michael? because the undermining of america lon andeep from ccp propaganda surveillance theft intellectual property and beyond. >> well, president trump is determined to rebuild our great military, secretary hegseth as you can see, has it foested on lethality winning war hiring recruiting the best of the best for great military that is the he discernment force has to be in place but the real strength of the united states, is our economy, and our markets, that is why he is so determined when governor doug burgum the energy czar an using strength of the united states, our mining our refining sup

. >> saudi arabia -- and the uae are seen as possible venues for this trump/pruden summit. according to two russian sources, reuters. can you add to any of this or confirm any of this for us, when this might be happening and where? >> i don't have anything to confirm or break. sandra, i would be careful listening to russian sources. the present has been clear -- >> do you want that meeting to happen? do you want that meeting to happen? >> what's amazing is half the world is reaching out trying to help president trump close this war down and end this more in a just way that prevents future wars. we been getting all kinds of outreach, but i have nothing to confirm or break today. >> let's actually try to get you to break a little more news. how close is saudi arabia to returning to the table for the abraham accords? >> saudi arabia, mohammad bin salman, mbs, special envoy -- i started to call him investor, but special envoy -- and prime minister netanyahu. we were this close. i think we were ready. when we get a few things cleared up, to move forward again. that's the ultimat

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we have dumping duties on china but china moves their steel to the likes of thailand and taiwan and uaeam and all of those countries that manufacture those products or relabel them as made in their country and move them into the u.s. mexico is a huge, huge problem. china -- mexico's opened its door to china to use it as a proxy to move its materials, parts, goods that are made of chinese steel and other things into the u.s. because of the free trade agreement that we signed with mexico. mexico's really abusing it. canada has some of the same issues. canada needs to close its door the imports that come in that are then being shipped into the usa so we need to wake up as well. as you know, i've got a plant in canada. i've got over 20 plants in the u.s. we suffer tremendously at the hand of the imports that are illegally brought in and guised as made in other countries who have status with the u.s. and it's affected us. it's affected our employment and our investment. maria: how? how? >> we closed plants in california and long beach. we're about to close a plant in chicago, another 200 peo

we have uae, bahrain, sit on. -- sedan. -- we realize what a coalition on that side of the world can look like for the benefit of the region. i'm excited to see where this goes, as i started going for a new framework and conversation. >> that part of the world also is not used to seeing something that -- a friendship with israel. trump was after hamas before he was president. "give the hostages up or there will be hell to pay after inauguration day." they know he's got israel's back. there is no gray area. >> and he made clear yesterday "i want the best for the gazans too." this is someone who wants a deal that's good for everyone. he wants peace, stability, and to see that beautiful moments when not in yahoo look at him and said "i have had no greater friend or ally than president donald trump." it's about time. >> protests are underway outside of the usaid office, democrats panicking over president trump and elon musk's efforts to cut government spending. stay with us. this is life. life, diabetes, there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to d

would come from brookfield canadian investment firm, 20 billion euros and maybe financing from the uaey right tells me brookfield might be about data centers getting to be what about it is that big private sector investment for friends. >> apple is apparently preparing to launch a new iphone what you know about it. >> this is new the essay the lower model the last one that was released in 2022 was out for about $425, a little bit more affordable than the thousand dollars from the were getting were not getting the home button a good camera and were hearing it will be in-house modem and not using the qualcomm chip that will be good for apple to reduce the reliance, we also hear that we might get the bluetooth new earbuds is it called the power beats to come again and headphones and a second generation from the power beats that we have. >> mcdonald's reported earnings before the bell today, how did they do. >> the stock is up 4.6% the same-store sales was a mess in the u.s. you declined about 1.4% and falling revenue the disappointed analyst. i think the good news here a lot of it was rel

our allies from egypt, jordan, bahrain, oman, uae, qatar, saudi arabia are taking a double take and condemning what the american president just said. so when you think of leadership and you also think of something, first of all, that everybody's doubled back and trying to walk back. it is a it is a real hit on the credibility of the united states and in the foreign policy, national security, like all politics, people's trust in you is essential to the currency you work on. and he just degraded america's currency. >> yeah. well, i mean, also the far right members of netanyahu's government seem to be pretty happy. but can i ask you, because we've heard from some democrats on this, john fetterman was saying he's open that it's a provocative idea. but just on the democratic party overall and how they're handling trump round two, the new york times was reporting tonight that senator schumer is now telling and urging fellow democrats to vote against all of trump's remaining nominees in protest of what they're doing to the federal government. you can look right now at the senate floor, a marathon of

one of the big entities that's going to be committing money to them is the uae. for example, a canadian firm, brookfield, also putting in money. it just comes to show they're going to need to rely very heavily on foreign partners to get this jump started in the eu. >> and the vice president, jd vance, is in paris for the summit. it's actually his first trip abroad since the administration got started. what message does that send to world leaders? >> well, it shows that the united states wants to be involved in this conversation, no matter where it is around the globe. you know, mike pence very famously said that the u.s. will lose its allies in the west if they become reliant on technology and investment from the east. and so i think j.d. vance heading over there is a clear signal that they do not want to cede the financing race for european a.i. technology to anybody, especially china or other players in the middle east. it's also a signifier that the u.s. wants to remain competitive. you know, them coming out and announcing $500 billion investment the other day

we saw the uae, another close ally of the u.s., come in not long afterwards and say it's completely, categorically rejecting the notion of the forcible displacement of any palestinians. we saw turkey who called it unacceptable. we know, of course, that a letter had been written by five arab foreign ministers to secretary of state marco rubio in the days beforehand, essentially saying that if you try to push palestinians out of gaza, you're going to create more instability, more chaos, more hostility. and in the private conversations, jake, i'm hearing the word stupefied used a lot, not just because they see this as showing a flagrant disregard for international law, but also showing a complete disregard for the dynamics in the region, for the fact that most of these countries, the populations, are very much united around this issue. they're very much animated by it. the other thing to add, jake, is that this isn't just the middle east. i mean, we are seeing some really strong condemnation coming from europe as well. germany's foreign minister calling it, you know, absolutely unaccept

ago about this uae usaid purge and musk's access to it. it's on the screen there, she wrote. this is a five alarm fire that people elected donald trump to be president, not elon musk having an unelected billionaire with his own foreign debts and motives. rating us classified information is a grave threat to national security. this should not be a partizan issue. probably the strongest comment we've seen from a democrat. we've also seen from senator ron wyden. >> but give. >> me your take on why the democrats seem to be sitting on the sidelines right now. why are we not. >> hearing more. >> outrage from this? why does this need to be? there's such. >> a. >> lag between when something happens and then formulating an opinion or formulating a statement and coming out a couple of days later. why is there not more outrage? >> you know, that's a great question. and i'm disgusted about it. and i've been banging the drum about this for literally weeks, if not months, since trump got elected. look, you have hakeem jeffries. >> the leader of. >> the house of. >> representatives. >> sayi

candidate, uae, mexico are some of the biggest suppliers of aluminum.has a pause on these tariffs. are they going to be involved? what comes to reciprocal tariffs it looks like the european union, will there be a grace period or will he be a blanket tariff? the president remains steadfast. this is one pillar he wants to deliver on. lisa: you just explain the back story to what one commenter called the most passive-aggressive super bowl. you're allied to the north, and -- ontario, we are stronger together, it shows you where we are. jonathan: i thought everyone likes canada? the country to the north of this country everyone seems to like already. lisa: there's this one political cartoon where you had your entire army from the u.s. heading towards canada saying surrender and then there was someone in a tower saying to his mate should we offer him biscuits? the question as to why canada seems to be in the targets. annmarie: in the pre-super bowl interview he was asked if he was serious if you is making canada the 51st state. he said i'm dead serious it wou

the abraham accords for some of these arab nations like saudi arabia, jordan, egypt or qatar or the uaeuess, i am assuming he is in consultation with them so that is an answer i do not know about. i do not hear a lot about those countries really stepping up to say that we are going to i do not know, flowing -- form a joint coalition. host: understood. caller: and get a government together for the palestinian people that does not involve terrorists. i really do not hear that. two other quick thoughts. host: i have other people waiting so i'm going to go to those calls. thank you those. i will show some quick headlines on this story from the national newspapers. trump's proposal for gaza is rattling the middle east. a plan put forward without details or consolation an expert ask if he is serious or bluffing. the front page of "the wall street journal" middle east powers reject trump's gaza proposal. saudi's and turkiye reaffirm support for the palestinian cause. and then there is this from the front page of "the washington times," palestinian relocation only temporary. the out-of-the-box

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