As John Oliver reports, President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia did not begin auspiciously, and just when he seemed to have smoothed things over, a cameraman got the last word in. Diplomacy was at an all-time low, as King Salmon sent the pool boy to pick President Obama up at the airport. He may as well have sent the pool boy. Obama was treated to televised images of the King greeting someone apparently more important earlier that day. An unmediated Uber driver is at the ready should the Saudi royals return the visit. I’m immature enough to do that. Imagine what Donald Trump would do.
While other world leaders call to seek assurance that a Trump White House isn’t a possibility, Saudis have their fingers crossed. They believe Trump would return them to ‘bestie’ status in the middle east, and stop referring to 9-11 as if they’re involved somehow.
John Oliver’s description of the Saudi visit is too good for me to spoil for you, but I will share his speculation about the Saudi King’s kinship with Donald Trump.
“It makes sense that Donald Trump and the Saudi’s have a lot in common. They both inherited wealth. They both hate neighboring countries, and they both have a decorating style best described as ‘King Midas and Elvis Design a Brothel.'”