NBC’s Richard Engel: King Abdullah ‘Could Not Stand President Obama’

"Saudi Arabia was actively against rapid moves toward democratization. One of the big ironies here is that President Obama in his statement said how close he was to King Abdullah. King Abdullah did not like President Obama. In fact, a lot of people I know they are quite close to the late King Abdullah said that the King could not stand President Obama because the president was supportive of the Arab Spring, because the president did not support Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, in fact turned his back on Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. So this close personal bond between the president and the late Saudi leader I think is people being polite..."