Retired US ambassador: Trump’s peace through business

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00:00I was just wondering if you have any thoughts on Donald Trump and the Abraham Accords.

00:07He did mention them. He said Saudi will join it when they're ready.

00:12But what is your feeling when it comes to Donald Trump and trying to find peace in the region?

00:22Well, yeah, as the previous guest, Miss Sunshine, perfectly named, by the way,

00:26I was saying, you know, President Trump thinks of himself as a peacemaker.

00:32And this was a central theme of his second inaugural address on January 20th.

00:39And for better or for worse, recall that when Saudi Arabia's oil processing facility was attacked in 2019,

00:46the world expected President Trump to react militarily. I did.

00:49I was on TV programs saying I expected he would feel compelled to respond militarily.

00:55And he didn't. And he didn't because he wanted to send a message, I think, to the world

01:00that it's time to get beyond using military force to resolve disputes.

01:05And instead, let's use business or the model of business and negotiation

01:09and the search for for shared interests as the way of restructuring international relations.

01:16So I think that's what this trip is is largely about.

01:19In fact, it's it's the unveiling of a new way to conduct diplomacy.

01:24But really, really, for example, this episode is a cryptocurrency.

01:29You know, for free development, you know,

01:36you're all about it.

01:37You know, you need to put your own space in the Middle East in the Caribbean.

01:38Basically, it's not my motivation.

01:40You know, like the people of Wall Street are,

01:42you know, buying a lot of other reasons onCameraıyı airport coffee because

01:46I think it's pretty unusual for you guys to buy yourself.

01:47And BMX is, you know, like, they're in this place,

01:49unfortunately so I don't know.

01:50and the misalний of these are things.

01:50Because we know that there's no idea of effort.