Biden had pledged to make the Saudi Crown Prince a 'pariah.' Now, he's preparing to meet him, hoping to bring surging gas prices down.
"There was some hint of a relationship with Venezuela, but that seemed unpalatable for a number of reasons. So there are options, but none of them are, frankly, as useful as Saudi Arabia, simply because of the amount of production that they have and the amount of capacity they have to produce."
"It looks like the nuclear agreement is not being revived, will not be revived, in which case Saudi Arabia becomes a lot more important to any kind of military action that Biden may take to halt their nuclear weapons program," he tellsThis photo montage shows a picture of U.S. President Joe Biden opposite Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed. Biden is expected to visit Saudi Arabia in July, meeting the prince for the first time since taking office.