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A sketch about the US leadership aired in Saudi media suggests a wider rift between recently stronger allies, former George W Bush adviser Karl Rove said on Tuesday.
The skit, which mocked President Biden as a confused man on a podium who fell asleep mid-speech, is representative of a bigger problem than simple personal differences, Rove told Jesse Watters Primetime.
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Biden has attempted to restore the Iran nuclear deal with the help of climate czar John Kerry and other officials, which Rove says has enraged the kingdom in Riyadh.
“It’s not because of personal relationships, it’s because of the actions we’ve taken that they don’t like,” Rove said. “We have scaled back military aid, which they consider vital. We have started negotiations with Iran, their nemesis, to resume the so-called nuclear deal.”
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Iran has declared its intention to destroy Israel and retake holy sites in Saudi Arabia, he added.
“I think the bigger problems are those three, and they feel like the new government hasn’t been working with them for the past year and a half, it’s working against their country’s interests. And they don’t understand why – they consider themselves a strong ally and they know that we want help from them on energy issues and they can’t understand why we are struggling on all these big issues: Yemen, Iran, nuclear deal and military aid for Saudi Arabia was less than accommodating in this administration.
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Rove also had issues with Biden’s trip to Iowa earlier in the day, where he reportedly spoke about ethanol and energy.