White House secretary Karine Jean-Pierre just couldn’t turn a blind-eye when it came to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s mockery of President Biden’s mental sharpness and constant blunders.
At Jean-Pierre’s regular briefing on Monday, she said, “I don’t have any comments on that” when asked about a Wall Street Journal report describing the insults lobbed behind closed doors by the de facto Saudi leader.
However, a few moments later it seems Jean-Pierre changed her mind and in fact had a lot to say about the matter.
“Actually, let me say something about your first question,” she told Olorunnipa. “I’m not going to comment about, you know, kind of ridiculous statements. I’m not going to comment on that.
“But I’ll be very clear: the president has been very clear since the beginning of this administration that we have to review our relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Jean-Pierre added. “And so that is something that we’re going to continue to review and once we have something to share, we will certainly share that.”
She continued, “The decisions that OPEC+ made recently, we saw that as them aligning with Russia, and that is going to hurt many economies across the globe. The president is going to have more to say on that and when he does, you’ll hear directly from him.”
Veteran journalist James Rosen of Newsmax followed up by asking Jean-Pierre: “Which statements are ridiculous?”
“I’m not going to give it any more light,” Jean-Pierre replied. “I’m just saying that more broadly.”
Despite Jean-Pierre’s accusations, the report that cited sources inside the Saudi government, didn’t relay specific examples of the crown prince widely known as MBS mocking Biden, but did state that the royal prefers former President Donald Trump and has had a low opinion of Biden since his time as Barack Obama’s vice president.
This past April, a state-owned Saudi TV channel aired a comedy skit of Vice President Kamala Harris having to constantly correct Biden and keep him awake.
Jean-Pierre’s rebuke of MBS only fuels tensions that mounted after Biden returned empty-handed from his July trip to the oil-rich kingdom.
Saudi-led OPEC+ on Oct. 5 announced a 2% oil production cut, humiliating Biden, who had sought to improve his relationship with Saudi leaders after average US gas prices hit records of more than $5 per gallon in June.
The OPEC+ decision could increase gas prices, hurting Democrats in the Nov. 8 election, and it prompted Biden to say that he would reassess the US-Saudi relationship. Biden then ordered the release of more oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset the foreign production cut.
Biden visited Saudi Arabia after trying last year to sideline MBS over the US intelligence community’s conclusion that he ordered the 2018 operation that killed Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Biden exchanged a controversial fist bump with MBS, but the Saudis then resisted his calls to increase production. This month, Saudi officials ignored White House pleas to delay production cuts until after the Nov. 8 elections.
House Republicans have floated Biden’s possible impeachment for asking the Saudis to postpone the reduction, with third-ranking House GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) calling it a “very egregious, inappropriate and illegal action by the president.”
The relatives of US citizens detained in Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, say Biden didn’t do enough to win their release because he was more concerned about securing lower gas prices.
Saad Almadi, 72, who was sentenced on Oct. 3 to 16 years in prison over 14 tweets mildly critical of the Saudi government, was among those detainees.
“Biden sold my father for oil,” Ibrahim Almadi said last week. “He got sold for oil, but they didn’t receive the oil. So there is no father, no oil. There’s nothing, there is only shame, that is what the White House has got now.”
Our idiot Biden went over to the Saudi’s to beg for Oil, because AOC and the Squad refuse to let American companies produce, the Saudi’s are scfum, but the idiot saw fit to go over to them so they could abuse his stupid ass. His lying mouth piece has completly destroyed any credibility of a Press Secretary, she’s a laughing stock.
Yeah, she’s stupid for lying for him. That’s why “Circle Back,” left her job. She got tired of lying and she knew America was being ran by some idiots!!
When are real Americans going to stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH about Biden’s blundering thoughts. Not only Biden but his staff are also to blame for these MISTAKES !!! Biden not only misplaces and misreads his cue cards, but, the comments are absurd !!! Biden and his administration have made America seem to be the blundering idiot worldwide !!! Not only Biden and his staff, but the entire Congressional body – this also includes the Senate !!! Stupidity seems to be the norm and this can’t be blamed on COVID or the previous administrations !!! America – STANDUP to these stupid ideas and implementations – America is a far cry from being ruined by a few – get rid of them !!!
Our Nation is in great danger because we have a President that Lies constantly, does not know whats going on around him, Other world leaders see this as weakness. world leaders see right through his BS.
With Biden as our President our country is unsecured. Just look at the border there are terrorists, fentanyl, human traffickers flowing into the United States and Biden and his administration lie’s to the American People and says the border is secure. President Trump had the border under control. Many did not like President Trump, but he got the job done no doubt !! !!