Deeply disappointing that any American is defending Biden's meeting with MBS. His laughter in response to the Washington Post reporter asking about his broken promise about holding the Saudis responsible for the murder of WaPo reporter #JamalKhashoggi was shockingly unlike Biden.
If you repeatedly argued that the Trumps and Jared Kushner should not have met with the Saudis and decried Kushner's $2B deal with them, then it can't be different for Biden. Biden made a promise about holding the Saudis responsible for Khashoggi's murder. This is all about oil.
Some of us are old enough to remember that the Saudis were never held responsible for 9/11. US dependence on oil means fist-bumping with murderers of Americans. Biden isn't the 1st US president to do this. But many of us had believed he would be true to his word on this killing.
The dismissive non-apology to Jamal Khashoggi's bereaved fiancé is also not like Biden, known for his compassion. Prioritizing oil above American lives is not defensible so don't. Just last month the US was chiding Europe for taking oil from Russia despite the Ukraine invasion.
The Washington Post was right to call this meeting and Biden's comments out. There are many things to defend Biden over domestically. Not this. This wasn't just bad optics, it gave the Saudis more undeserved leverage. And excused the grisly killing of an American journalist.
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