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Whatever happened to America First?

Hello again, I'm Marvin Alney, and this is To the Point.

Before his election, Donald Trump accused Saudi Arabia of complicity in the 9-11 attacks.

In Riyadh, this weekend, the president called it a magnificent and sacred land.

The Saudis were glad to see the last of Barack Obama and happy about a multi-billion dollar weapons deal without any lectures about human rights.

Mr. Trump denounced Islamist terrorists

and said defeating them will be up to the Muslim countries.

Drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this earth.

Today he's in Israel before moving on to the Vatican

and a meeting of NATO.

Will his foreign trip help ease international fears about chaos in Washington?

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Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama administration and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that hates us.

We'll hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake

for the rest of his foreign excursion. Today, his visit is, today he is in Israel, where the

president met with Benjamin Netanyahu. At his home after the meeting, Netanyahu said he

appreciates Mr. Trump's hostile policy toward Iran.

It won't be simple, but for the first time in many years, and Mr. Trump's hostile policy toward Iran. It won't be simple, but for the first time in many years, and Mr. President, for the first

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