res in your head? When he said engineers didn't you see an engineer? When he said startups didn't you see a little group of startups? When he said technology weren't you seeing something? This was visual. He's turning the concept into a visual and making you imagine it.

"...people and goods flowing quickly and securely throughout the region as economics become more integrated and people become more prosperous. This isn't a stretch. This is actually the historical legacy of the Middle East, specifically of Gaza and the West Bank. It is a legacy of great cultures coming together as a center of commerce, innovation and prosperity."

So there he talked about the history. That's the fake because. Making you think it's possible now because it was possible in the past.

"...investments and plans have derailed by violence, political instability and the lack of a resolution to the long-standing core issues of this conflict."

So he mentions again it lacked a resolution to the core conflict. So he's never letting you forget that he understands money is not the solution. He's not trying to tell you money is the solution.

"Clear economic growth and prosperity for the Palestinian people are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict. One that guarantees Israel's security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian people. However today is not about the political issues."

Look I think I missed some. Imagine a bustling... people and goods flowing quick. What I think I got. So that's just the first couple of minutes of his presentation and look how powerful that is.

Now I said before that I think we've never been in such a good situation in the Middle East. Almost all of the variables are lining up as if it's meant to be. And what I mean by that is that we've never had a situation where Iran is so, let's say, so desperate to make a deal. They're not talking that way but obviously the impact on their economy has got to be pretty severe. So Iran is getting flexible. We've seen that the Arab world is now sort of fed up with the Palestinian situation and they don't seem to be backing them. They seem to be backing more of a comprehensive peace and they've even said explicitly it's time to deal with Israel and just sort of move on.

But more importantly we've never had I would say this effective a group of leaders in the Middle East and I'm talking about all of the countries including the United States including Israel. We simply have the best operators that have ever been on this question. It's the first time we've had so many people who are not let's say traditional politicians because this doesn't get done with traditional politicians. We know that because they're good. For example a traditional politician would work on the political settlement before talking in detail about the money. You're seeing people operating at a whole different higher level because they're talking about the money simply to make you think past the obstacles and that makes you think it's possible.

And also the MBS situation I think gives us some leverage with Saudi Arabia because the president had MBS's back on the Khashoggi thing even when the entire world said I think you ought to be doing that. President Trump said I'm doing it. And now if we get to a point where Saudi Arabia is a primary player, maybe they're one of the funders of this alleged fifty billion, if they become super productive in the Middle East peace we're gonna look back at this and say ah I really hated it that the president acted as though the Khashoggi thing was not known by MBS. I hated it. It was immoral. It made me feel dirty. I hate everything about it except that it was important to get Middle East peace. If we get to that point you're gonna look at this and say it was one of the smartest political moves of all time. If we don't it'll just look like more badness I guess.

All right the debates start tonight. I will be live tweeting the debates as well. The president, so I'll be competing with President Trump live tweeting the debates. You're gonna enjoy that.

Yesterday I had Kirk Sorensen on to talk about thorium and the potential for thorium energy. That was very illuminating. I will tell you that I've heard f