Posted on 10/12/2022 11:10:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
US officials asked Saudi and other Gulf producers to stall production cuts
The cuts, announced early this month, led to spate of headlines
Although they take effect in November, delay would have put off further
NSC spokeswoman called it 'categorically false to connect this to U.S. elections'
Saudi officials viewed the request 'as a political gambit'
White House spokesman John Kirby said Biden is reconsidering his Saudi stance
Added that the president is willing to work with Congress on future of relations
Top Democrats have called for a freeze on arm sales after the OPEC decision
Senator Dick Durbin said Saudi Arabia wants Russia to win the war in Ukraine
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon took a veiled swipe at Biden as he said the U.S. should pump more oil and gas and should have been doing so for a long time
The Biden administration weighed in with Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members urging them to hold off for another month before announcing oil production cuts – a move that would have delayed the stunning announcement until after the mid-term elections.
The administration framed its objections to the production cuts as boosting Russian President Vladimir Putin's brutal war in Ukraine.
But according to the Wall Street Journal, the Saudis rejected the admonitions, viewing the administration's objections as a 'political gambit by the Biden administration to avoid bad news.'
The administration also raised the issue with other Gulf producers, according to the report.
The cartel, which controls about 30 per cent of the world's oil supply, went ahead with the production cuts – which have the effect of maintaining high prices that help Putin continue to fund his war, while also delivering a spate of bad news headlines for Biden.
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Biden/Democrats/DNC/MSM really effed up the Saudi relation. My dog would do a better job managing foreign relations than these imbeciles. And you know how much Muslins like dogs.
Funny. I have never used the word “retard” to refer to anyone other than a Democrat.
That has OBAMA written all over it.
The a.h. couldn’t miss a chance to drive allies away.
You ask them to help, and if they don’t you tell them you
understand.
Leave room to work together later on. You don’t drive them
into the Russian camp.
Obama didn’t have a single clue about Western values and
global dynamics.
Crash and burn was his book of choice.
With Iran going nuclear, Saudi Arabia isn’t going far.
Of course if Russia gives it nukes, that could change.
Are we supposed to believe the DM now? It gets confusing. One day they are a propaganda rag, the next they are truth tellers
Throwing a temper tantrum and trying to punish the Saudis for not doing what we said will only make us look like bigger bullies and makes us more hated.
Biden urged Saudi Arabia to wait.
Nobody f**Ks with the Biden’s huh Joey.
On your knees boy
This Biden admin. is worthless and have no idea how to negotiate themselves out of a paper bag! It is so darn embarrassing for our country! Can we do the 25th amendment now?
Only biden is really doing it.
Nope. fails on the first test question.
Republican? NO
can’t impeach.
p
All these second stringers fail to take into account that Russia is co-chair of OPEC+. It wasn’t just the Saudis making the decision.
“Maybe shutting off US production and closing down pipelines is a clear sign of siding with Russia.”
Great point - so now, by driving up oil prices, BIDEN IS A PUPPET OF PUTIN.
Seems that all of us, in one way or another, are puppets of Putin.
...guy must be laughing all day long now.
Or maybe since discouraging production and driving up prices, Biden helps the oil companies make more money doing less work, he’s a tool of Big Oil…. :)
That’s the best part, right? !!
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