Saudis have never been our friends.
In Obama’s eyes they are next to God, that is why he bowed to them.
That WAS America’s leader, a jihadist that lived in the White House
It has nothing to do with friendship. Our strategic national interests are at stake. We benefit and have benefited by our relationship with the Saudis. More importantly, they are not our enemies.
Saudi Arabia is a creation of British/Russian rivalry, within the context of “The Great Game.”