00:00I mean, what's really striking talking to our guests today is the sense of the strength of economic ties and security ties.
00:10Fair to say those two aspects of the relationship have really never been stronger between Washington and Riyadh.
00:18Tom, it's a good point. I mean, we've always had a really productive relationship.
00:22They've always been an ally of the U.S. If you go back to George H.W. Bush, you know, who basically invaded Iraq in Desert Storm to defend the Saudis.
00:32But it's been really since the war a really tight relationship between the two. But but you're right.
00:38President Trump has definitely elevated it. The only time we had difficult relations with the Saudis was during the first few years of the Biden administration.
00:47You know, when when President Biden, you know, was was always finding a way to to insult or offend our allies, you know, whether it was Israel or Saudis or the U.K.
00:57So it's it's nice to see the president back in office and really elevating that relationship.
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