there has been so much angst in the white house about how he should behave, whether he should smile. you know, jose, it is more than updates. to put it mildly, he is walking into a minefield. there are so many ways in which this region simply doesn t agree with the perspective in the u.s. we saw a little bit in israel with the prime minister openly disagreeing with the president over the question of iran and the nuclear deal. they don t agree on russia. they don t agree on china. they see china as a crucial economic partner. they don t seem to agree on oil production. there won t be a big announcement of more oil production from here because of the president s visit, although that might come later. not clear. do they agree on human rights? clearly there are many saudis who would like to see human rights and more democracy even and would like to see some of those people who have spoken out released from prison or allowed to travel freely, but there are others here who say actu
tightlipped but i am speaking with legal experts in russia, around them, and resources here in d.c. and so far, it s not really looking good. griner s lawyers have made the case this is actually a medical marijuana prescription she had from arizona. she had a prescription for this marijuana . that doesn t really fly in the russian legal system. in fact, just last month, an american who used to work for the american embassy in moscow and who is now a teacher in russia was sentenced to 14 years for having medical marijuana in his suitcase despite having a prescription. well, that is troubling. president biden is facing as you know a lot of pressure to intervene in upbringing griner home. realistically, what are the president s options in doing this?