Newt: Need To Make Sure No Presidents Ever Bow To Saudi King

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In his South Carolina victory speech, Newt Gingrich stressed the need for an “American energy project” so effective “that no President ever has to bow a Saudi king ever again.”

The idea that Obama has disgraced America by literally “bowing” to foreign leaders including the Chinese President, the Japanese Emperor, and the Saudi King is a common meme from his critics on the right.

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