U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia has come and gone, with hopes that there might be more than just baby steps on Riyadh’s path toward normalization with Israel gone with it. Saudi Arabia did agree to let Israeli airlines fly through its airspace, as well as let Israeli hajj pilgrims directly visit the kingdom (prior to this, they had to travel through Jordan). But these were comparatively small concessions and further tempered by statements from Saudi officials that little else would happen without a Palestinian state being put on the map. For now, Saudi-Israeli normalization looks sure to remain slow under King Salman. But Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (commonly known as MbS) will eventually ascend to the throne once his 86-year-old father dies. And when he does, MbS’s characteristic brash approach to geopolitics could see Saudi Arabia normalize ties with Israel sooner rather than later.