President Joe Biden got defensive Thursday while justifying his first presidential trip to Saudi Arabia, as he wobbles on an impossibly thin tightrope to not backtrack on his promise to punish the Saudi government for its alleged ordering of the murder of Washington Post columnist.
During a press conference in Jerusalem, Biden spoke.
Biden said during the Jerusalem press conference that he has never been quiet about talking about human rights.
A day before his meeting with Saudi Arabia's defacto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Laden as part of a summit with other Gulf Nation leaders, Biden broke from his promise to make the Saudi government "the pariah that they are" because of the murder.
Biden said he had never been quiet about talking about human rights.
By isolating Saudi Arabia the U.S. could create a vacuum in the Middle East that could be filled by both Russia and China.
According to a U.S. intelligence report released last February, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Laden, approved the murder of the journalist at the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. A column from Biden in the Washington Post last week titled, "Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia," was unusual in the release of details of Biden's trip. Biden is expected to lobby for increased oil production from Saudi Arabia. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the price of crude oil has gone up and the price of gas has gone up as well.
The Saudi government is trying to refresh its international image by using golf as a means of communication. The Saudi Arabian wealth fund is the main source of funding for LIV Golf.
The only path runs through M.B.S., according to Biden.
Biden is going to visit a Saudi Arabia that is close to Russia.
Biden heads to Saudi Arabia, which has been criticized.
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