Biden heads to Saudi Arabia despite promises to make the nation a ‘pariah’

The Biden administration is softening its diplomatic strategies with Kingdom Saudi Arabia.

Based on the reports, President Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia this month, despite repeated promises to hold the country accountable for human rights abuses. Biden is expected to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – a decision that directly contradicts his previous assessments of the country.

Biden previously promised to make the kingdom a global “pariah” for its mistreatment of humans, its violations of international law, and its outright hostility to the United States — including the murder of a Washington Post journalist.

“We were actually going to [Saudi Arabia] Pay the price, and, in effect, make them pariahs as they are,” Biden said at the 2019 debate.

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Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia during his first foreign trip as president, and did not bother the Arab nation following the murder of US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was killed in 2018 by Saudi security officials, although suspicious ties to Mohammed bin Salman, also referred to as Mohammed bin Salman, did not affect President Trump’s relationship with the crown prince.

Democrats have taken it upon himself not to take the killing seriously.

FILE – On January 24, 2015, archive photo of Saudi King Salman guarded by his bodyguard Major General Abdulaziz Al-Fagham, in the background, as he attends a party at the Diwan Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/ Yoan Valat, Pool, File)

Biden intends to reform Saudi Diplomacy over the incident, which was supposed to include avoiding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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“We’ve made it clear from the start that we will reset our relationship with Saudi Arabia,” former White House press secretary Psaki said at the start of Biden’s term.

Salman is set to succeed his 85-year-old father, King Salman.

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in front of a banner showing Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, right, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, outside a mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, February 5.

“The president’s counterpart is King Salman, and I expect he will have a conversation with him in due course,” Psaki told reporters at the time.