Trump pushes Saudi Arabia to NORMALIZE ties with Israel

T. REPORT, STARTED UP, LET'S GO. >> Gillian: AND SHE DID. THAT'S OUR GIRL. I AM GILLIAN TURNER. PRESIDENT TRUMP SETTING A. PRECONDITION FOR THIS SAUDI DEAL. CALLING FOR THE KINGDOM TO. NORMALIZE TIES WITH ISRAEL. HE'S ALSO INSISTING THE NEW DEAL. IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW FOR THE. ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM DESPITE. REPORTING OTHERWISE. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. KAROLINE LEAVITT SAYS THE ENTIRE. AGREEMENT NOW HINGES ON THE. SAUDIS AGREEING TO JOIN THE. ABRAHAM ACCORDS. LISTEN. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST. HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HIS.

FIRST TERM AND IT CONTINUES TO. BE A LONG TERM GOAL OF HIS TO. EXPAND THOSE ACCORDS TO. ULTIMATELY COME TO A PLACE WHERE. THE MIDDLE EAST CAN BE A. PEACEFUL AND STABLE REGION AND. YES THIS DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA, THE ENERGY DEAL, IS CONTINGENT. ON THIS CONDITION AS FAR AS THE. PRESIDENT IS CONCERNED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK WITH OUR. SAUDI COUNTERPARTS TO GET THE. DEAL FINALIZED AND HOPEFULLY SEE. THEM JOIN THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. VERY SOON. >> Sandra: SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT PETER DOOCY IS. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NORTH. LAWN. HELLO.

>> THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS REQUIRE. COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO. FORMALIZE RELATIONSHIPS WITH. ISRAEL THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THE. SAUDIS HAVE DONE YET AND. OFFICIALS INSIST THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT BEEN. PRESSURED BY PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO MAKE THIS. A TWO STEP PROCESS WHERE FIRST. THE SAUDIS MUST RECOGNIZE ISRAEL. FORMALLY IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A. CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM. >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO. AS I TOLD YOU THIS WAS AN IDEA. THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS LONG HAD.

IT WAS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS. TEAM IN THE FIRST TERM THAT. BEGAN AND SIGNED THE ABRAHAM. ACCORDS WITH SEVERAL COUNTRIES. IN THE REGION. BETWEEN THOSE COUNTRIES AND. ISRAEL AND THE PRESIDENT. OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO EXPAND ON. THAT HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT. FROM HIS FIRST TERM. >> THE PRESIDENT FURTHER. CLARIFIES THE CIVIL NUCLEAR. DEAL, THERE WILL BE NO. ENRICHMENT OF MATERIAL, BEING. MADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES. AND SAUDI ARABIA WHICH PERTAINS. ONLY TO NONMILITARY USE SUCH AS. THE ONES IRAN AND UAE AND OTHERS. HAVE WILL BE APPROVED BUT IT'S.

TOTALLY SUBJECT TO SAUDI ARABIA. JOINING THE RESPECTED AND. SUCCESSFUL ABRAHAM ACCORDS. THE UNITED STATES IS NOT OPPOSED. TO CIVIL NON ENRICHED NUCLEAR. FACILITIES HERE THE PRESIDENT IS. ALSO NOT OPPOSED TO RAMPING. THINGS UP AGAINST IRAN COULD HE. TOLD AXIOS "I AM CONSIDERING A. MASSIVE ATTACK, BIGGER THAN EVER. BEFORE. I AM CLOSE TO MAKING A DECISION. WE ARE ALL SET FOR IT.". WHEN HE SAYS "WE," THIS IS WHO. HE MEANS.

>> YOU KNOW WHO THE LEAD. NEGOTIATOR IS? HIS NAME IS DONALD J. TRUMP THE. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT THAT'S WHO DICTATES THE. POLICY. HE HAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT. WORK TOGETHER. >> PEACE TALKS REMAIN PUNTED. INDEFINITELY. FOLKS IN THE WEST WING DO NOT. THINK THE IRANIANS ARE. NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN IN WASHINGTON. D.C. BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL. OFFICIALS LEAVE TOWN FOR THEIR. AUGUST RECESS THAT THE HOUSE. VOTED FOR A WAR POWERS. RESOLUTION LOOKING TO LIMIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ABILITIES.

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