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00:00I mean, when we look back to the 2017 visit by President Trump to Saudi Arabia,
00:06I'm just wondering to what extent you think the balance of power in the region has shifted during the course of these last eight years?
00:14Well, it shifted, I guess, in a number of ways.
00:18First of all, what's occurred between Israel, Iran, and what Iran called the axes of resistance?
00:26You know, that's obviously in the south, the Houthis, Hamas, it included having Syria,
00:33it included Hezbollah in Lebanon and Shia militias in Iraq.
00:38Well, the Hezbollah leadership has certainly been neutralized, so Hezbollah is not a big factor right now.
00:44Their leadership is in disarray.
00:47Hamas is kind of surrounded in Gaza and is not a big factor.
00:52Iran, you know, attacked Israel, Israel attacked Iran with missiles.
00:59Iran's air defenses must be rebuilt.
01:02Iran isn't doing very well right now.
01:04And the Houthis, after a thousand U.S. strikes in Yemen, the Houthis have asked for the bombing to stop.
01:15So, really, it is a good position for an American president to be in, in visiting the Middle East right now.