‘Have you decided whether or not to go to Saudi Arabia,’ Biden is asked by a reporter.
‘No, not yet,’ the president replies on camera.
But moments later as Biden spoke on the tarmac in Los Angeles at the foot of Air Force One, the president said that he was in fact going.
‘What would be holding up the decision at this point? Are there commitments from the Saudi’s you’re waiting for?’
‘It happens to be a larger meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia. That’s the reason I’m going’, he said. ‘It has to do with national security with the Israelis. It has to do with much larger issues than the energy.’
Joe Biden says he hasn’t decided whether to visit Saudi Arabia, who he previously called “a pariah,” to beg for more oil.
20 seconds later, he says, “It happens to be a larger meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia. That’s the reason I’m going.” pic.twitter.com/K4bK6eAZAV
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