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Saudi Arabia's Loss of Faith in the US
Saudi Arabia has been losing faith in the US because of recent blunders. China is also a country that attaches much important to symbolism and it knows how to play the game, says John Defterios. The White House's diplomatic acumen shown by the White House has been pretty miserable if you consider Biden's July visit last year to Saudi Arabia where he fist bumped a king,. That's not something you do anywhere in the world, let alone in the Middle Eastwhere honor and royalty are very important symbolically.
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