President Joe Biden’s team has been advocating for a deal with Saudi Arabia during his presidency, viewing it as essential to his legacy. The agreement was close to being finalized before being disrupted by the Hamas attacks on October 7. Shortly after this incident, a former senior adviser to Brett McGurk, Biden’s top Middle East official, detailed the strategy in a blog post for the Atlantic Council.

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According to revelations from Bob Woodward’s book “War,” Senator Graham and Biden had discussions about the necessity of a Democratic president to secure a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty before the October 7 attack. Graham emphasized that only a Democrat could garner Democratic support for going to war for Saudi Arabia.

Reportedly, Biden responded affirmatively, stating, “Let’s do it.”