Ex-US deputy envoy: Trump’s Gulf visit well received in US

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00:00So, Ellie, how is Trump's visit to the Middle East actually going down domestically?

00:06Domestically, it's going down really well, very well received.

00:12Everything, I think the optics, the visual of the president,

00:17first when he arrived in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the gorgeous purple carpet,

00:21the royal treatment that he received, the horses that were alongside the beast, the president's limo, all of that,

00:34the warmth of the relationship between President Trump and Crown Prince MBS,

00:39you know, it was just very visible for us here in the United States as we watched it on our screens at home.

00:45And so I think that it is very well perceived.

00:49Also, the speech that President Trump delivered yesterday I think was really noteworthy

00:54because he seems to be the first president really in the United States

00:58who gives credit for the indigenous political and social culture of the region,

01:05really gave so much credit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for everything that the kingdom has achieved in its history

01:11to bring, again, prosperity and a good life to its citizens and being so forward-looking.