King Abdullah II’s visit to the US will be significant, Middle East policy analyst and former Pentagon Middle East advisor Jasmine El-Gamal says. #Jordan #Trump
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00:00Yeah, indeed. I mean, it's very difficult to decode the technique here or the strategy
00:06here, if indeed there is one. But what's interesting about what you're saying, in particular with
00:10regard to Jordan, is that King Abdullah is going to be visiting the United States tomorrow,
00:15I gather, will be holding face-to-face talks with President Trump. And President Trump
00:20is going to hear it in first person, that outright flat rejection that probably sounded
00:26like an extremely good idea to the last visitor to the White House, which was of course Prime
00:30Minister Netanyahu. How much of a difference do you think that's going to make to how Donald
00:35Trump views this idea?
00:36Look, I think it's going to be a very significant visit. Jordan's King Abdullah has dealt with
00:42numerous administrations, and Jordan has always been a really close ally of the United States.
00:50It's a critical part, Jordan is a critical part of the regional security architecture
00:56that helps the U.S. achieve its own goals of security and stability in the region, as
01:02well as that of Israel.