Posted on 06/03/2022 11:05:22 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
President Joe Biden’s planned visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel later this month have been postponed until July, several officials told NBC News on Friday.
The White House is now planning a broader trip to the Middle East next month, sources said.
“We are working on a trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia for a GCC+3 Summit,” a senior administration official told NBC News. “We are working to confirm dates. When we have something to announce, we will.”
A foreign diplomat and two U.S. officials said the Saudi stop will no longer take place in late June, and two U.S. officials said the trip to Israel was also being pushed back. Both visits had been expected to be tacked on to Biden’s previously scheduled trip to Germany and Spain this month.
The reason for the delay wasn’t immediately clear. The foreign diplomat and two officials said they learned of the postponed travel plans on Friday. The U.S. officials added that the dates remained in flux and could change again.
The White House declined to comment on the travel itinerary. The Israeli and Saudi embassies in Washington didn’t immediately respond to inquiries late Friday.
Biden’s plans to visit Saudi Arabia came under swift scrutiny given the country's human rights record and the president’s own past comments about the oil-rich country. On the campaign trail, Biden promised to treat as a “pariah” following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The CIA concluded in 2018 that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, had ordered Khashoggi’s killing. The crown prince has denied any personal involvement in his death.
On the campaign trail, Biden promised to treat [MBS] as a “pariah”following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Seems pretty clear to me.
Sounds to me as though the White House even gets embarrassed when Jo Jo the Pedo Clown is running around without being on a leash.
Spastic clowns....
The day after the Saudis promise to cover the amount of Russian oil vanishing from the market, the clowns in DC thank them by canceling the trip. LOL
Dementia Joe can’t make it.
What a Shocker!
Send Nanners, she can “embrace the suck”.
Timing must be bad for Jill
You mean Heels
I’m surprised there is even a plan or expectation for Biden to fly to Arabia. The Middle East is not the best place for somebody with a reputation for being a “Gaffe Machine”.
Don’t talk about Corn Pop or showing children the hairs on your bare legs, or your old job of driving an 18 wheeler. Not over there. They won’t be laughing.
Jill already has some unspecified “Doctor meetings” to attend at that time. So she’s booked, apparently.
When your wickeder than the wicked...this is where we find ourselves. Push forward and take back your country inch by inch. It might not seem like it but we are winning. It’s akin to an exorcism..it ain’t pretty but the righteous win. We can do this!
Good news. One less thing Biden can screw up
He’s afraid he’d get the Khashoggi treatment.
It’s because Biden craps his drawers. That’s the reason why they won’t send him.
Biden wanted to make like he was responsible for their increase in output?? And they told him to GTH.
Perhaps asked by the Sauds and Ganz to stay away?
I wonder if maybe the Saudis are he cancellers?
Biden has castigated the Saudis in the past to make political points domestically. He has no pull with them. Sounds like the Saudis don’t want to see him and tell him “no” to his face.
Biden must be having a bad hair week, or bad hair month. So its back to the basement.
LOL, White House staffers walked back his plans again.
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