Mick Mulroy: US-Jordan ties remain close

The US and Jordan share a close relationship, though tensions have risen recently, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy says.

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00:00I mean, would you say these two men, based on previous experience, are two men that see

00:06eye to eye?

00:07Generally speaking, yes.

00:08The U.S. has a very close relationship with Jordan, particularly on the counterterrorism

00:14challenge that we've had over 20 years.

00:17The U.S. has a lot of forces that are stationed in Jordan.

00:21It is a very close relationship, but I agree with your introduction that it's pretty tense

00:26right now, because what President Trump proposed was a forcible relocation of 2 million, almost

00:342 million, Palestinians from Gaza into two countries, Egypt and Jordan, that have expressed

00:41that they will not take them.