Posted on 04/20/2016 2:03:57 PM PDT by Hojczyk
CNN is reporting that Saudi Arabia appears to have snubbed President Obama when he arrived in Riyadh for his farewell tour. It is customary for a U.S. president to be greeted by a high-ranking government official. In Saudi Arabia that would be a high-ranking member of the royal family, perhaps the king himself or the crown prince. Today, Obama was greeted by the governor of Riyadh. CNN reports:
When Obama touched down in Riyadh shortly after 1 p.m. local time, there were no kisses with the kingdoms ruler as President George W. Bush once exchanged. The Saudi government dispatched the governor of Riyadh rather than a senior-level royal to shake Obamas 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. Reporter Nic Robertson says the greeting was very different from the one President George W. Bush received when he made a similar farewell tour at the end of his presidency
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Or, perhaps, crawl on his hands and knees under the King's Robe? Where is the video???
Even so they showed him more respect than he has earned.
lol
wouldn’t be the first time he’s crawled to a man on his hands and knees
“When Obama touched down in Riyadh shortly after 1 p.m. local time, there were no kisses with the kingdoms ruler as President George W. Bush once exchanged.”
Good.
What excuse could they have pulled to get the girls out of school to accompany them to Cuba?
Yet another socialist wet dream.
Well, for once it looks like Obama is doing something right. Anything that gets the Saudi’s stamp of approval is usually because of an evil reason.
Maybe the desert goons are trying to buy points with the next admin or they are pissed about Iran.
I am hoping under Trump that those murdurous desert goons get some serious blowback from all that they have done.
Maybe if he bows twice ad deeply he can be greeted by the kingdom’s dogcatcher next time?
This just can’t be true. Obama was going to unite the world. Every leader throughout the globe was going to respect America again and was going to just LOVE him.
His anointment/presidency was going to change everything! Well...come to think of it.... it kinda did. For the worse.
He gets NO respect.
Yes indeed. The world is telling The One something every time he goes abroad.
wow, that really is a snub
The foreign governments know what the US has to put up with. He is low life in their book.
LOL! Did he apologize to the runway?
At least CNN is saying this, maybe they were surprised Obama wasn’t treated like a native son being welcomed home. Even though we all know the divide (sunni and shiite)
You wouldn’t hear a word of this from the normal alphabet networks.
WTH? The Mooch even WALKS like a wookie!
That ought to make for an interesting “whatever” summit. Just imagine that they seat obozo at a different table from the more important leaders - R A C I S M?? Would they dare? Of course, they would.
Obama is an embarrassment and an absolute light-weight internationally, and both our enemies and our allies know it and are starting to treat him accordingly.
No ONE.. including the Saudi’s likes the A$$hole-in-Chief.
They don’t have to pretend they like or respect him any longer. He’s done. His usefulness has passed.
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