Thomas Pickering: King Abdullah’s words clear

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Jordan's King Abdullah II’s words during his meeting with President Trump were clear and straightforward, former US Ambassador to Jordan Thomas Pickering says. #Trump #Jordan

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00:00I mean, do you think he managed to get across Jordan's point of view to President Trump?

00:09And do you think we're likely to get any indication that President Trump is going to have a rethink

00:13about this, this plan for Gaza?

00:16Yes, and no, are my answers to your questions, but it would be difficult for President Trump

00:25to ignore what he had to say.

00:27And I don't know what he said in the private meeting, but what he had to say in the public

00:33meeting was a gentle conveyance of a determination that I thought was real.

00:40And from my knowledge of Crown Prince Abdullah, now King Abdullah, I thought that was very

00:47straightforward.

00:48But in the long record of the kind of politeness and the kind of dignity and respect which

00:57the Hashemite rulers of Jordan have exhibited in their long periods of rule in the country's

01:05concern, they may be criticized on other grounds, but I find it hard to see that people can

01:12lay a hand on them, so to speak.

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