Saudi Arabia braces for Joe Biden
Saudi Arabia is bracing itself for a tougher relationship with the incoming Biden administration after four years in which President Trump gave it a direct line to the Oval Office and offered support even as some of its policies and actions drew controversy and bipartisan scorn.
The Trump-Saudi relationship was a constant source of tension between the White House and many Republicans in Congress, who chafed at the Kingdom's involvement in the killing of U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the White House's unbridled support of the Saudi war effort in Yemen. These actions also drew heavy criticism from Democrats.
President-elect Joe Biden has called Saudi Arabia a "pariah" and promised a strong hand in relations with the country, especially confronting Riyadh over its human rights abuses.
The Trump years were a golden period in some ways for the Saudis, as the GOP administration pivoted the U.S. sharply toward Riyadh by pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear agreement. The administration's aggressively anti-Iran policies also led to a military strike that killed the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Meaning MBS isn't getting his ass kissed anymore.