Carla Sands Says It’s the ‘Art of the Deal’ to Change the Deal the Next Day

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PHILLIP: "So why announce a deal yesterday and then change it the next day?"
SANDS: "You’re talking about the Saudis?"
PHILLIP: "Yes. That's what I'm talking about."
SANDS: "This is the art of the deal. No — "
PHILLIP: "What is the art of the deal? What is the art of the deal?"
SANDS: "In the Middle East, you sign — "
PHILLIP: "You announce a deal, then you renege on it in 24 hours?"
SANDS: "In the Middle East, after you sign the deal, the negotiations start. So he’s just preempting that."
PHILLIP: "That is totally — "
SANDS: "Oh, it is absolutely true. That is how things work. It is very different than here in the United States when you’re dealing with a deal."
PHILLIP: "I think that’s an oversimplification by a long shot. You know, when we say that we’ve signed a deal to allow nuclear development in another country, and that deal is signed and there’s a press conference and that whole thing, that’s not the start of negotiations. We’ve already put out the terms."