{"id":1557260,"date":"2022-07-16T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557260"},"modified":"2022-07-16T06:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T10:34:46","slug":"handlers-get-aggressive-with-press-as-bidens-asked-about-jamal-khashoggi-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handlers-get-aggressive-with-press-as-bidens-asked-about-jamal-khashoggi-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Handlers Get Aggressive With Press as Biden&#8217;s Asked About Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhandlers-get-aggressive-with-press-as-bidens-asked-about-jamal-khashoggi-in-saudi-arabia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s time in Israel did not go well, with everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/07\/15\/a-bumbling-joe-biden-absolutely-embarrasses-himself-during-disastrous-middle-eastern-pressers-n595423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearing lost and confused on stage twice<\/a> to having <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/07\/15\/biden-manages-to-insult-our-allies-in-multiple-gaffes-in-east-jerusalem-n595387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple gaffes that insulted our allies. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is now in Saudi Arabia, meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) and a variety of other Saudi officials. Among other reasons, he\u2019s meeting to talk about them producing more oil.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has hedged when asked about meeting with MBS personally because he had previously termed the nation a pariah over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Indeed, that was why some speculated that he might suddenly be adopting a \u201cfist bump\u201d policy while in the Middle East, so there wouldn\u2019t be the image of him shaking hands with MBS. Biden had no problem shaking hands with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas.<\/p>\n<p>They may have been on to something there because when Biden met MBS, that\u2019s exactly what he happened. Biden gave him a fist bump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden fist pumping the Saudi crown prince MbS, the same hands that have blood from killing Khashoggi and people of Yemen and activists inside!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLrYrDPsj6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLrYrDPsj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u062f. \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0648\u062f\u0629 (@aalodah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aalodah\/status\/1547978099802796035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Saudi government is quick to post photos of the fist bump between Biden and MBS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yc3fkGK2xI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/yc3fkGK2xI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerpager\/status\/1547979669999210497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whoever told Biden to take that strategy doesn\u2019t seem to get that fist bumping the guy you deemed a pariah and a murderer doesn\u2019t look any better than a handshake, particularly when you\u2019re all smiling together.<\/p>\n<p>When they sat down in the meeting that Biden had suggested they wouldn\u2019t have, the U.S. press then began to pepper both Biden and the Saudis with questions about Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US press shouts questions at Biden, MBS, ministers during pool spray \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterAlexander?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PeterAlexander<\/a> shouts &#8220;Jamal Khashoggi, will you apologize to his family?&#8221; Another reporter shouted &#8220;Is Saudi Arabia still a pariah?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saudi officials looked uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1547989483097796614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s what looks like the smirk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden&#8217;s meeting with the Saudi royal family was interrupted with someone asked about Jamal Khashoggi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qh0LgdqAMv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Qh0LgdqAMv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MRCTV (@mrctv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrctv\/status\/1547991453858549760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Peter Alexander was one of those people. He asked if they were going to apologize to Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s family. Alexander didn\u2019t think MBS looked \u201cuncomfortable\u201d \u2014 indeed, he described MBS\u2019 reaction as a \u201csmirk\u201d \u2014 before the reporter was grabbed by a Saudi aide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJamal Khashoggi, will you apologize to his family?\u201d I shouted to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the end of the press pool spray.<\/p>\n<p>MBS had a slight smirk, before a Saudi aide grabbed my arm tightly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/htrSAvu2f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/htrSAvu2f7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterAlexander\/status\/1547986121371439112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPresident Biden, is Saudi Arabia still a pariah?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEf9SjkDy1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/EEf9SjkDy1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1547990121168850945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another reporter asked Biden if \u201cSaudi Arabia was still a pariah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then you can hear what sounds like the Biden communications people trying to push the press out of the room, with \u201cThank you, guys, THANK YOU\u201d (meaning: Get out now).<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear yet if Biden has raised the issue with MBS about Khashoggi. Biden had previously tried to evade the question about whether he would, suggesting that they knew already how he felt. Not exactly a great response on an issue you supposedly care about.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pres. Biden would not commit to whether he would bring up Jamal Khashoggi when he meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: &#8220;My position on Khashoggi has been so clear, if anybody doesn&#8217;t understand it\u2026then they haven&#8217;t been around for a while.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ysTetYsUy7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ysTetYsUy7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aodRtHcdTt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aodRtHcdTt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1547573091542265857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/nick-arama\/2022\/07\/15\/biden-blows-it-again-on-useless-middle-east-trip-n595343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as we previously reported,<\/a> the word is that even though he\u2019s going to talk about \u201cenergy security,\u201d he\u2019s not going to walk away from the meeting with any new promises to pump more oil. So, we\u2019ll have to see if that report gets confirmed, but it doesn\u2019t look good for Biden\u2019s chances. What was the point of this trip then? So far, it doesn\u2019t look like much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden\u2019s time in Israel did not go well, with everything from appearing lost and confused on stage twice to having multiple gaffes that insulted our allies. 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