He’s also dealing with declining oil prices and a growing population. Change the ideology to end the funding of Islamic terrorism abroad to keep more money to keep the peace at home.
Charging corruption and seizing billions from various rival heirs helps with that cause, too.
“end the funding of Islamic terrorism abroad to keep more money to keep the peace at home.”
The Saudis are facing a cash crunch from low oil prices that may never recover (because of American shale oil).
Realistically, they do need to pull their horns in from funding global jihad, to fund their own economy’s diversification.
The Saudis pulling their support from the jihadis, is a policy that would be worth a lot to the Americans, and other victims of jihadis - the withdrawal itself is an asset they can sell, or trade for things of value (like getting America to undermine the Iranian regime for them).