U.S. CHINA SUMMIT IN CRISIS AS NVIDIA CEO AFFAIR UNRAVELS – w/ Ian Bremmer

Well, however, the Saudi situation is not getting any better.

You've got the Sana'a today.

You saw the videos, Stephanie, you could show those of the, I think, not a gas field, an oil, not a refinery, an oil station, oil tanker, whatever it is, storage facility that was struck and burning in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

And then you've got the Yambu pipeline struck again yesterday.

So on that front, it's not looking that great.

No.

And indeed, you saw the Saudi Aramco headquarters actually take a direct missile hit just 24 hours ago.

So I mean, the fact that even a building like that, that the Saudis are not yet capable of defending themselves against incoming missiles from the Houthis, this is a very serious problem for them.

And this could be going for a very long time.

Yeah.

What do you make of it? How do you think this will play out? Do you think the Americans will get involved? Look,

I mean, what I guess is most interesting, and you and I have talked about this for many months now, sadly too many months now, but that eventually the principal determinants of the outcomes of this war, even though the Americans started it, the eventual deal is going to be cut between actors in the region.

And, you know, it's crazy.

There's the Saudi.

Look at the headquarters there.

I thought it was a drone.

I

didn't know it was a missile.

Yeah.

Astonishing.

Right.

Astonishing that it's just not the kind of thing that that anybody wants to see.

I think that the Houthis are against Saudi Arabia and not hitting the United States, and the Americans not a part of the war is a big part of what we're talking about.

The Iranians engaging in strikes against tankers and container ships to show that they have some leverage, but meanwhile, plenty of oil now getting out of the region, meaning that this doesn't feel as urgent.

for the United States to engage in more military strikes, and Trump indeed chose not to.