Barack Obama may not have gotten the welcome he expected when he landed in Saudi Arabia this week. Usually, an American President would expect high level diplomats from the country to greet him upon arrival. Instead, all Obama could muster was a diplomat from his own country.
Obama, who has visited Saudi Arabia more times than any US president before him, was not greeted by the Saudi king at the airport. Saudi state television broadcast no live pictures of the US president’s arrival.
It was the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia and a local governor who met the American leader off the plane.
President Obama came to Saudi Arabia to take part in a summit of Persian Gulf leaders and discuss Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Yemen with King Salman.
This comes in stark contrast to the reception of other high-profile guests, whom the 80-year-old King Salman greeted personally on the airfield.
Obama did have a two-and-a-half hour conversation with King Salman later, a talk that reportedly “really cleared the air,” the US administration officials assured the American media.
Barack Obama’s visit has been downplayed by the Middle Eastern newspapers, too, generally saying that as a “lame duck” Obama hardly has time to mend strained relations, the BBC reports.
It’s not just Middle Eastern countries that are snubbing our lame duck president. The Saudi King follows in the footsteps of British royalty and Cuban dictators, as well.
Source: RT
Yes, and the Saudi Rulers support terrorists around the world but not in their own country.
He has to validate his orders.
He has a learning disability and keeps going back to make sure he has his instructions right
Saudis don’t even like blacks.