US president heads straight to royal palace for meetings with king and crown prince who hours earlier opened airspace to Israeli flights in 'big first step' to normal ties
Joe Biden began a visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday by giving Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a fist bump as Washington looks to reset its relationship with a country that the US President once pledged to make a "pariah" on the global stage.
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US President Joe Biden gave a fist bump to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday, state television showed, during a trip to Saudi Arabia that is being watched for body language and rhetoric as Washington seeks to reset relations.
In the most politically problematic trip of his presidency, Mr. Biden’s critics accused him of helping rehabilitate the reputation of a tarnished prince in exchange for numerous, but limited gains.