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Biden administration begged Saudis to push oil cut until after midterms: report
New York Post ^ | October 11, 2022 | Caitlin Doornbos

Posted on 10/11/2022 12:34:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Saudi Arabia shut down Biden officials’ pleadings to delay the crucial OPEC+ decision last week slashing oil production until after the upcoming midterm elections, with Riyadh viewing the demand as a political ploy, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

American officials cautioned the Saudi government that cutting oil production would weaken Washington’s already strained relationship with Riyadh, and that the US would interpret the move as the kingdom taking Russia’s side in its ongoing war on Ukraine, according to the newspaper, which cited unnamed sources.

Saudi leaders rejected the White House’s request, “which they viewed as a political gambit by the Biden administration to avoid bad news” ahead of the Nov. 8 elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jamalkhashoggi; opec; opecplus; saudiarabia
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To: nickcarraway

Some people don’t take to being called “a pariah nation.”


21 posted on 10/11/2022 1:30:02 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: nickcarraway

Riyadh’s response to Biden: “Saudis don’t play dat!”


22 posted on 10/11/2022 1:35:09 PM PDT by Ebenezer ("Be strong and of good courage.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yup, welcome to the Hunger Games. Capitol City is living it up. You ain’t.


23 posted on 10/11/2022 1:46:53 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone knew this.
Even the village idiots in the GOP Senate knew it.


24 posted on 10/11/2022 1:47:05 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: nickcarraway
Biden says we need to "reevaluate" our relationship with the Saudis.

My guess is that he could be fishing for a boatload of cash for Hunter and "The Big Guy".

25 posted on 10/11/2022 1:47:29 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA in Biden's Post Constitutional United Socialist States of Amerika!)
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To: hinckley buzzard

The Saudis are chanting “Let’s go Brandon”


26 posted on 10/11/2022 3:13:41 PM PDT by DeplorablePaul ("..)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Or a murderer. (Khashoggi)


27 posted on 10/11/2022 3:33:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Salman

Perhaps they know with Republicans in congress the Iran deal is dead


28 posted on 10/11/2022 4:07:39 PM PDT by think4yrsf (From Jefferson's Virginia)
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To: nickcarraway

Saudi leaders rejected the White House’s request, “which they viewed as a political gambit by the Biden administration to avoid bad news” ahead of the Nov. 8 elections.

How pathetic. It is sad this man is in charge.


29 posted on 10/11/2022 4:09:40 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: quikstrike98

“Waah Waah Waaaaaah!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuwD2xACse4


30 posted on 10/11/2022 4:09:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Of course they did.

They are to damn stupid to understand Oil is Saudi lifeblood.

Libtards are going to Tard. 24-7


31 posted on 10/11/2022 5:04:48 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: nickcarraway

Diaper Pail Joe got nobody in the world.

Only took two years.

MSM must be ecstatic.


32 posted on 10/11/2022 5:08:14 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: nickcarraway

Never forget that 19 of the 20 hijackers on 9/11 were all Saudi nationals.

F Saudi Arabia. It should have been nuked on 9/12/2001.


33 posted on 10/12/2022 12:42:12 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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