Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@nickschifrin @AdelAljubeir @POTUS Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs contradicts Biden's version of what he told MBS about Khashoggi. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden vows not to give up after Manchin deep-sixes climate and energy legislation. "If the Senate will not move to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our domestic clean energy industry, I will take strong executive action to meet this moment." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @PeterAlexander: “Jamal Khashoggi, will you apologize to his family?” I shouted to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the end of… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Saudi government made sure to get the money shot they were looking for and got it up online promptly: https://t.co/eZXSa0K6vY — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

As soon as Biden got out of the car and saw MBS waiting, he immediately put his fist out making clear it would not be a handshake. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

MBS meets Biden at the door of the palace and the two men exchange a brief fist bump. The unsmiling prince then leads the president inside. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @yaffaesque: For @NewYorker, I wrote about the excruciating, unthinkable, but vitally important work of Ukrainian psychologists who trea… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he receives a polite but perfunctory two-minute welcome on the tarmac from the governor of Mecca and ambassador to the U.S., unlike when Trump came in 2017 and was greeted enthusiastically at the airport by King Salman. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Saudi decision to allow Israeli flights, while short of the full-scale Abraham Accords, reflects a new example of the growing ties between Israel and the Arab world after decades of diplomatic isolation. @PatrickKingsley https://t.co/4GZQN6HDeo — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

White House and Israelis keep making big deal of the fact that Biden today will be the first president to fly directly from Israel to Saudi. Which is true but a triumph only of direction — Trump was the first to fly directly between the two countries but flew from Saudi to Israel — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden welcomes Saudi decision to allow all Israeli civilian flights to overfly its territory, the latest step toward normalizing relations between the two countries. “I will do all that I can … to keep advancing this groundbreaking process.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While the US fights the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world, it is doing nothing to stop the proliferation of new international alliances with cryptic acronyms, like IPEF, MEAD and I2U2, which, let's face it, sounds like a Star Wars droid. https://t.co/MFAMKHzRTX — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Ivana Trump, the ex-president's first wife and mother of his three oldest children, is found dead at her home in Manhattan at age 73. Law enforcement officials investigating whether she fell down her stairs, but say her death appears accidental. @risenc https://t.co/iPgnRks7yH — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden does not commit to directly raising the Khashoggi killing while in Saudi Arabia, noting that he has already condemned it. "I always bring up human rights. But my position on Khashoggi has been so clear." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden declines to set a deadline for Iran to respond to proposed nuclear pact "but we are not going to wait forever." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden pushes back, saying he too is committed to stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon but "I continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome" even as he vows to help Israel counter Iranian terrorism and ballistic missiles. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Lapid presses Biden on Iran: "They want to destroy the only Jewish state in the world. We will never let that happen. Words will not stop them, Mr. President. Diplomacy will not stop them. The only thing that will stop Iran is knowing ... the free world will use force." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Lapid presses Biden on Iran: "They want to destroy the only Jewish state in the world. We will never let that happen. Words will not stop them, Mr. President. Diplomacy will not stop them. The only thing that will stop Iran is knowing ... the free world will use force." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

This remarkable @dougmillsnyt photo of Biden, Blinken and Israeli leaders greeting two Holocaust survivors looks like a painting. https://t.co/aqDBAyNF6u — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@NYTBen And for more on MBS, check out the masterful biography that @NYTBen wrote, the first and most revealing portrait of the Saudi power broker. https://t.co/6owtiANfwQ https://t.co/f0XVQGgJhS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

For Biden, all roads to Saudi Arabia lead through MBS. And for MBS, Biden's visit will provide validation four years after the Khashoggi assassination. @NYTBen https://t.co/rc4havczk8? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Inflation surged to 9.1% last month, the highest since 1981 and another blow to Biden in the run-up to the fall midterm elections. @jeannasmialek https://t.co/elVipkxw09 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

No handshakes as Biden lands in Israel, as he fist-bumps instead. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden would dearly love to avoid a handshake with MBS in Saudi Arabia -- and with the rise of BA.5, he may now have a reason he could cite. Aides hint he may refrain from any handshakes during his Middle East trip due to Covid. https://t.co/LSPOQIcUBk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Whether the committee has so far definitively proved the case against Trump, the hearings have offered a portrait of his White House in the grips of an almost unimaginable insanity in the weeks leading up to January 6th," writes @sbg1 https://t.co/lWXuBRgoBZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While Trump remains the most dominant force in the GOP, nearly half the party’s primary voters want someone else in 2024 and a significant number would abandon him if he wins the nomination, per @nytimes @SienaResearch poll. @MichaelCBender https://t.co/DbrZMUKnpC — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

After 165 years, @TheAtlantic is making its full archive available online -- nearly 30,000 articles, reviews, short stories, and poems published between its founding in 1857 and 1995, the year it launched its website. https://t.co/gueJ3KrMP4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@nytimes @SienaResearch @ShaneGoldmacher The good news for Biden out of a brutal poll: As much as the public isn't happy with Biden, they still prefer him to Trump. In a hypothetical rematch in 2024, Biden edges him 44% to 41%. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

When Biden arrives in the Middle East on his first visit as American head of state, he will find a region where alliances, priorities and relations with the US have shifted significantly since his last official trip six years ago. ⁦@PatrickKingsley⁩ https://t.co/LLov0LtzA6 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden's approval rating falls to 33% and fully 64% of Democrats want someone else to represent the party in 2024, according to ⁦@nytimes⁩ ⁦@SienaResearch⁩ poll. The top reasons? Age (33%) and job performance (32%). ⁦@ShaneGoldmacher⁩ https://t.co/G3cwiLMMoa — PolitiTweet.org