The growing chorus of criticism over US President Joe Biden's one-on-one meeting with Saudi Arabia's crown prince has been added to by Rep. Adam
If we ever needed a visual reminder of the grip oil-rich autocrats have on US foreign policy, we got it today. A fistbump is worth a lot of words.
—Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 15, 2022
Less than a month after promising he wouldn't meet with the Saudi leader, Biden met with him on Friday.
Biden told reporters last month that he wouldn't be meeting with the Saudi prince. He's going to be with me at an international meeting.
Biden promised during his campaign that he would make the kingdom a pariah state for its role in the murder of the journalist.
Friday's meeting was part of Biden's first trip to the Middle East and focused on trying to increase Saudi oil production to the US. The bilateral meeting was kicked off by a fistbump between the two leaders, which caused backlash because of the friendly nature of the gesture.
The report made it possible for the Biden administration to place sanctions on a number of Saudi individuals named in the report.
He smirked when an NBC reporter asked if he would apologize to the family of the murdered journalist.
The meeting between Biden and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was criticized by the fiancée of the man.
Is this the accountability you promised for my death? "Your next victim's blood is on your hands," the fake message said.
—Hatice Cengiz / خديجة (@mercan_resifi) July 15, 2022
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