For more on the president's trip to the Middle East and the week's political headlines back here at home,

we turn now to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart. That is New York Times columnist, David Brooks,

and Jonathan Kepart, Associate Editor for the Washington Post. Great to see you both.

Hey, Amna. Let's jump right in. The president's first foreign trip to the Middle East, those three nations we talked about earlier,

Saudi Arabia,

Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, all places where the Trump family has deep business ties.

And also a lot of headlines, David. We saw some investment deal signed. There was a meeting with

the new Syrian leader, a man the U.S. is previously called a terrorist. Iran nuclear talks continue.

What did you take away from that whole trip?

I think there were two really big stories.

The first was the flip-flop on Iran.

If people remember the Trump first term, he was the guy who walked away from the Iran nuclear deal

that Barack Obama had signed saying, no deal.

And now he's back into the deal business.

And I happen to think this is the right move.

Iran is much weaker than they were, even five years ago.

Israel has taken out Hamas and Hezbollah, the Iranian economy is much weaker.

The Saudis, their rival, are much stronger.

And so they're much more inclined, I think, to do a deal than they were at any time in the last 15 years.

And so I'm glad Trump is exploring this.

I think it's the right move.

The second big thing I think on the speech, on the trip was the Riyadh speech.

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