President joe biden is making a trip to soudy arabia, paria. President byden keeps insisting that this visit is actually about security. Human rights activists are very quick to point out that many of these arab states are anything but democratic.
Candidate Biden said he would make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” on the world stage. Now President Biden is traveling there, asking for the kingdom’s help on gas prices.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez and Amina Al-Sadi, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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