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Brian Schatz: “My criticism of Trump is not so much that he does a meeting…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 20:16

And the Saudis obviously were very much encouraging of this, but it's making a lot of people wary that he would meet with someone of this nature. Do you think that this is a positive step for US Foreign policy? My criticism of Trump is not so much that he does a meeting, but what comes out of that meeting is usually giving away a little too much. I mean, I'm old enough to remember during the Obama years and the Arab Spring in particular, when the administration was very wary about engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood, who … (20:16–20:24)

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Criticizes Trump for conceding too much in diplomatic meetings.

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