Biden administration provides senior Saudi customer the crimson carpet therapy signaling potential warming ties
Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, a prince and brother to Mohammed, has had meetings with Biden’s most senior national security officials, including national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The prince’s arrival hasn’t been without controversy, as some State Department officials have expressed frustration with the broad access he has been given, according to two sources familiar with the visit.
But as the administration struggles on a number of fronts — with a likely resurgence of Taliban violence in Afghanistan, the ongoing war in Yemen, faltering Iran talks and gas prices at seven-year highs as Americans hit the road to celebrate summer and post-quarantine freedom — Saudi Arabia’s role in all these areas becomes too important to ignore.
“Too many times, too many administrations, every president eventually gets mugged by reality on this and comes to the…
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