Returning early Sunday morning to the White House after his four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, Biden was asked if Adel al-Jubier was telling the truth when he said he did not hear the president bring Khashoggi with the prince. , commonly referred to as MBS. “No,” Biden bluntly replied, according to a White House report. The president, moments after arriving on Marine One, was also asked if he regretted the controversial fistfight with MBS. “Why don’t you talk about something that matters? I am happy to answer a question that matters,” he replied. President Biden hit back at Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubier’s claim that he did not address the killing of Jamal Khashoggi with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi News Agency/News via REUTERSUS has accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, FileBiden insists his fistfight with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is unrelated. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Update via REUTERS Biden told reporters on Friday that he had questioned the crown prince over the 2018 killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post reporter, at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. The US intelligence community concluded that Salman ordered the operation to kill Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi royal family. “Regarding the assassination of Khashoggi,” Biden told reporters in the city of Jeddah. “I put it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what I thought about it at the time and what I think about it now.” The president claims that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has admitted that he is “not personally responsible” for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Bandar Alghaloud/Courtesy of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Release via REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said President Joe Biden reports on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem But the president said MBS denied any personal responsibility for the assassination. “I proved that I thought it was. He said he was not personally responsible for it and took action against those who were responsible,” the president added. But the next day, al-Jubier told Fox News that he didn’t hear Biden confront MBS about Khashoggi. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Biden pose for a family photo before the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Handout via Reuters “I didn’t hear that particular phrase,” al-Jubeir said. “The president mentioned that the US is committed to human rights because since the founders wrote the Constitution and he also emphasized that American presidents — this is part of the agenda of every American president,” The Saudi minister told the agency…
