Posted on 10/24/2022 2:08:57 PM PDT by george76
An unwritten pact binding the U.S. and Saudi Arabia has survived 15 presidents and seven kings through an Arab oil embargo, two Persian Gulf wars and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Now, it is fracturing under two leaders who don’t like or trust each other.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s 37-year-old day-to-day ruler, mocks Biden in private, making fun of the 79-year-old’s gaffes and questioning his mental acuity... He has told advisers he hasn’t been impressed with Mr. Biden since his days as vice president, and much preferred former President Donald Trump ...
Mr. Biden said on the campaign trail in 2020 that he saw “very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia.” He refused to talk to Prince Mohammed for over a year, and when they finally did meet in Jeddah in July, Saudi officials present felt that Mr. Biden didn’t want to be there, and was uninterested in the policy discussions
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the enmity between Mr. Biden and Prince Mohammed has deepened the tension, and it is likely to get only messier..
Rarely has the chain of broken expectations and perceived insults and humiliations been greater than they are now ..There’s almost no trust and absolutely no mutual respect.
The decision by Saudi-led OPEC+ to cut oil production—raising crude prices at a time of high inflation just before an American election and despite U.S. pleas to hold off
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In the past, Saudi kings and American presidents were able to smooth out turbulent periods with strong personal relations. In 2005, just a few years after 15 Saudis participated in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush had hosted Crown Prince Abdullah at his Texas ranch, where the two men were photographed holding hands.
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Butt, butt, butt, uniting!!!!
Biden is the worst US president ever.
The worst anything ever.
“The worst anything ever.”
It would be difficult to disagree with you.
A rep as a vicious, vindictive, lying pedo will do that
When you go out of your way to insult a key US ally for no good reason, when you repeatedly show them nothing but contempt, why you try once again to cozy up to their arch enemy Iran.... then yeah, they’re probably not going to be willing to do you the favor of holding off on their production cut for a month so as to help you out in an election.
He knows Biden and the Democrats stole the election and sees him for the drooling, thieving, corrupt putts he is.
Yeah, remember how the rest of the world lost all respect for us while Trump was Pres? They gotta be really happy with retardo Joe. He commands such respect.
Those who voted for him are the worst American’s ever.
10/24/2022 and BidenIdiot is still the worst POTUS in US history.
Sure, maybe Kashoggi didn't deserve to get dismembered but when it comes to the Saudis, play stupid games, win stupid prizes (so maybe he did). He certainly didn't deserve to get turned into a symbol of martyrdom by the West.
And over this worthless turd, Biden turned the Saudis into pariahs in America's eyes and now they're rightfully giving him the middle finger.
And we're all paying for it.
“Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence.”
In Feels Up’s case it doesn’t matter.
When you have a president as dumb as ours it must seem like good policy to screw over your own energy production and then crap on the people you need help from to fix that mistake.
This is how libtards think
Jimmah lost Iran, Slow Joe will lose the Saudis, Qatar, UAE, and more.
LGB.
Biden is letting his emotions dictate his actions. That not in our national interest considering Biden does not want America to be energy independent. If you have a problem with Saudi Arabia, then hurt them in the pocketbook by producing so much oil that the price crashes.
Trump Era: The Abraham Accords.
Biden Era: The Senile Butt-Head Discords.
American hegemony is over
No doubt that Democrat, Joe Biden is by far the worst, dumb, weak, illegal, criminal, POTUS in the history of the USA!!! I have worked extensively in the Middle East, in Oman, Jordan, Egypt. Kuwait, etc., and I know very the Arab protocol ways & customs. I have on many occasions, walked holding hands with my Arab contacts, knowing that that is a sign of brotherhood, friendship & peace among nations & men!!!
That any American of any political stripe could even think to vote for a “BUTT WIPE BUFFOON” like Democrat, Joe Biden is behind common sense belief!!! Sadly our once great and all powerful USA Nation Republic in the joke and laughing stock of the entire world. Sad and ending days for our magnificent USA!!!
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