Television
May 12, 2015
Mike Barnicle and Steven Rattner, former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury

On Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle and Steven Rattner, former Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury and an economic analyst for MSNBC’s Morning Joe, discuss King Salman of Saudi Arabia’s decision to skip President Barack Obama’s meetings with Arab leaders during the Gulf Cooperation Council this week. “The earth—literally—is shifting beneath Saudi Arabia. We are no longer reliant on Saudi Arabia for oil as much as we were, they are surrounded by the threat of Iran and the Arab unrest,” says Mike of what could be seen as a snub by Saudi Arabia. Learn more about the situation here. On MSNBC.