Posted on 04/20/2016 11:52:27 AM PDT by Nachum
(CNN)President Barack Obama received a chilly reception from Saudi Arabia's leaders as he landed in Riyadh Wednesday, a clear sign of the cooling relations between once-close allies amid regional upheaval and dropping oil prices. When Obama touched down in Riyadh shortly after 1 p.m. local time, there were no kisses with the kingdom's ruler as President George W. Bush once exchanged. The Saudi government dispatched the governor of Riyadh rather than a senior-level royal to shake Obama's hand, a departure from the scene at the airport earlier in the day when King Salman was shown on state television greeting the leaders of other Gulf nations on the tarmac.
Social media users quickly termed the reception, which was not carried live on state TV, a snub and a sign that a relationship long lubricated by barrels of oil is now facing deep questions on both sides. For all the frostiness seemingly on diplay, though, analysts and former officials say the two countries aren't at the end of a love affair so much as in an unhappy marriage in which both sides, for better or worse, are stuck with each other.
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poor little bammy, no one a$$ to kiss.
No picture of the Zero on his knees kissing feet?
Did 0bama Hussein al Kenya kiss the tarmac upon arrival?
If only we had a President that would have simply turned around, boarded that big airplane emblazoned with the seal of the American Presidency and hit the runway for take off.
Those Sheiks would have swarmed out of their palaces like cockroaches. You would have seen them on their knees begging the plane to return. They would have clearly recognized that you can’t punk-down the President of The United States of America.
Instead Obama is greeted by the Governor of Riyadh and accepts the slap in the face for our Country graciously
I’m outraged for this clown!
Gee, this wasn’t predictable, was it?
Threatened by China, Russia, N korea and even Iran!
He’s msade it really hard for a black dem to ever get elected to Preezy again! Good!
Time to doing some more bowing and scraping. After all they expect it now.
Barry on the tarmac: "Do you know how I am? I'm Moe Greene!"
Even fellow Muslims are sick of him. ;-)
The cult is still thick in the “news” media, Hollywood, and the general black population.
This administration is such a f***-up that now our friends AND enemies hate us.
This is what happens when elections are reduced to something resembling a reality TV show...
Obama knew he would receive this kind of reception due to his sellout of the Saudis in the Iran deal. But rather than having the American public perceive the truth his team resurrects the 9/11 classified twenty eight page issue to deflect the truth and put the Saudis on the defensive. They have said all along to go ahead and make it public.
Guess the magic negro has lost his mojo.
No one wants him around.
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