Professor: Trump boosted US-Saudi ties

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00:00Dr. Eli, your thoughts?

00:02Yeah, I think this visit has really, and also the way Trump spoke and what happened,

00:08I think it elevated that partnership to a whole different dimension.

00:13Even Trump said in his speech that this is maybe the strongest partnership that the U.S. has in the world,

00:19even though people might think traditionally of other partners.

00:23I don't know if he's meaning Israel, he's meaning Western Europe.

00:27In both cases, he's putting Saudi Arabia at an even more elevated partnership, which is really exceptional.

00:34And when we look at things, we see also that it is a mutually extremely beneficial relationship.

00:40And also both parties have influence and leverage over each other,

00:45and it's proving to be very fruitful for both of them.