* President Joe Biden fist-bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he arrived for a meeting with the controversial royal Friday evening
* In the run-up to the trip, there were questions about whether Biden would be photographed shaking the hand of MBS, as the crown prince is called
* Biden had previously called Saudi Arabia a 'pariah' state and released an intelligence report that implicated him in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
* Biden's direct flight on Air Force One made history - as he became the first U.S. president to fly between Tel Aviv, Israel and Jeddah
* Former President George W. Bush had previously flown between Israel and Saudi's capital Riyadh
President Joe Biden fist-bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he arrived for a meeting with the controversial royal Friday evening in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The two were seen talking as they walked together into the Al Salam Royal Palace.
Handout photos from the Saudis showed MBS - as the crown prince is called - ushering Biden into a bilateral meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud.
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WNU Editor: The former Saudi intel chief does have a point, but Biden is still the US President .... Biden arrives in Saudi Arabia a ‘much diminished president,’ the kingdom’s former intel chief says (CNBC).
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