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00:00Let's talk about the relationship between the two men, President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
00:06How would you characterize that relationship and how important do you think that relationship is in crafting the way forward for U.S.-Saudi relations?
00:16It certainly always helps when there is chemistry at the elite level.
00:23It certainly always helps.
00:25This is unlike the lack of chemistry that was there from the previous administration.
00:32Now, because there was a great deal of frostiness in the previous administration at the elite level, this did not stop, I think, Saudi Arabia and the United States institutions actually working with each other properly.
00:46I mean, I think they worked well.
00:47So there is, you know, a very workable relationship and a very, you know, I would call it, I won't say a warm relationship if I'm very honest with you, but a very good understanding of each other.
01:07You know, they are similar people.
01:11They speak the same language at times, the language of business, speak the same language of rationality.
01:17And while a lot of the times this allows them to converge.