An uproar when the White House confirmed Biden's statement: "Saudi Arabia is outcast with a university degree and can pay the price."

White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre showed that President Joe Biden's assertion that "Saudi Arabia is an outcast and could pay the fee", "nonetheless stands."

Which sparked an interplay in mild of his anticipated go to to Riyadh. And in a query throughout the every day press briefing on the White House, in which the query stated: “American intelligence assessed that the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, changed into in the back of the homicide of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the president stated that he might pay Saudi Arabia to pay the fee and that the dominion changed into a pariah. How do reviews of the American president’s goal to go to Saudi Arabia and assembly the Crown Prince with those preceding statements?

Jean-Pierre replied: "First of all, allow me say that his (Biden) phrases nonetheless stand today, the phrases which you gave, I don't have any facts approximately the go to or its announcement, so I don't have anything greater to provide you at this time."

The journalist added, "We would really like to understand what fee Saudi Arabia has paid to date for the homicide of a journalist (Jamal Khashoggi) to reveal that the president is profitable them with a go to."

And the statements of US officers to CNN approximately arranging a likely assembly among Biden and bin Salman, sparked an interplay that highlighted the extensive shift withinside the US administration's coverage closer to the dominion, which Biden defined in preceding statements as "a pariah."

The assembly, anticipated to take location subsequent month, will come after months of diplomatic hobby and mark a shift for an American president who as soon as declared Saudi Arabia "with out social value."