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Biden is ripping up his plan to ostracize Saudi Arabia as the US desperately seeks a way out of its oil crisis
Yahoo Finance ^ | June 11,2022 | Bill Bostock

Posted on 06/11/2022 10:08:15 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Nearly three years after promising to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah," President Joe Biden is set to extend an olive branch to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following months of reproach.

The White House confirmed Monday that Biden will visit the oil-rich nation this summer, the culmination of an 18-month rollercoaster that started with Biden ostracizing Crown Prince Mohammed, commonly known as MBS, and ends with his administration trying to win back MBS' affections as gas prices soar due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Attempts by US officials to convince the Saudis to pump more oil have been unsuccessful so far, with MBS reportedly ignoring Biden's phone calls about the issue.

In a direct showing of how much the US wants Saudi Arabia's help, Biden may personally ask MBS to up oil production at a meeting between the two, Axios reported.

The Biden White House has long kept the kingdom at arm's length, refusing to meet with MBS and effectively demoting him by saying that his ailing father, Salman, is Biden's opposite number. The US also sanctioned several dozen Saudi officials following a declassified intelligence report into the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, which the CIA concluded was likely ordered by MBS.

A visit to Saudi Arabia signals that, for Biden, it is no longer tenable for the US to estrange a partner over ideology, when more pressing matters like oil threaten US stability, experts told Insider

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To: Hojczyk

Biden will simply empty out our national oil reserve. No problem — until we have a war and really need it. Such a leader. (eye roll)


41 posted on 06/11/2022 11:14:04 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: cgbg

It was a consulate in Istanbul. The Saudi embassy in Turkey is in Ankara.


42 posted on 06/11/2022 11:16:11 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Hojczyk

Biden is Iran’s (Shia) bitch (thanks to Obama, Susan Rice, Peter Strozk, etc.)...this should be fun to watch as he learns to fellate the (Sunni) killers of the WaPoo Bezos Blog sometimes contributor Khashogi.


43 posted on 06/11/2022 11:20:16 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Don't blame others for the road you're on. That's your own asphalt.)
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To: Hojczyk
like a begging monkey with a tin cup...

44 posted on 06/11/2022 11:24:01 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Hojczyk

The easiest way out of all of our crisis’ is to re-elect Trump 🤪

Waiting for libtards to pull their heads out of their butts is an exercise in futility


45 posted on 06/11/2022 11:24:41 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Hojczyk

Hmmm........ arms length

I will suggest they got it the wrong way round. It is Saudi Arabia keeping Biden at arms length

Biden insists on screwing with the nuclear treaty with Iran and that is a no-no to the Abrams accord nations who have developed various methods to deal with Iran that don’t include much American input


46 posted on 06/11/2022 11:26:27 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Trump in 2020: 'If Biden' Becomes President, You'll Pay $7 For a Gallon of Gas By Michael W. Chapman | March 8, 2022 | 1:53pm EST

(CNS News.com) -- During a campaign stop on Nov. 2, 2020, then-President Donald Trump touted the low gasoline prices of the time and warned that if Joe Biden became president, Americans would end up paying $7, $8, even $9 a gallon.

Trump also said that, in response to those high gas prices, the Biden administration would tell people to get rid of their cars.

"It's an incredible thing that's happened over the last few years, a lot of great things," said Trump. "And you’re paying, what, $2 a gallon for your gasoline? That’s okay."

Trump in 2020: 'If Biden' Becomes President, You'll Pay $7 For a Gallon of Gas By Michael W. Chapman | March 8, 2022 | 1:53pm EST

(CNS News.com) -- During a campaign stop on Nov. 2, 2020, then-President Donald Trump touted the low gasoline prices of the time and warned that if Joe Biden became president, Americans would end up paying $7, $8, even $9 a gallon.

Trump also said that, in response to those high gas prices, the Biden administration would tell people to get rid of their cars.

Their administration would then tell people to get rid of their cars.

"It's an incredible thing that's happened over the last few years, a lot of great things," said Trump. "And you’re paying, what, $2 a gallon for your gasoline? That’s okay."

Biden Administration To Provide Grief Counselors At All Gas Pumps

The Babylon Bee ^ | June 10, 2022


47 posted on 06/11/2022 11:31:23 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Has anyone, recently, seen a Biden sticker on any vehicle and in particular at/in a gas station!!!)
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To: Hojczyk

The middle east is a mess.
Nobody except Israel is ruled by sympathetic, freedom loving fatherly government.
We have to choose from somebody among them.
Obama/Biden decided to choose Iran, Trump Saudis and associates.
I would say, Trump choice is thousands times better.


48 posted on 06/11/2022 11:35:34 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: AZJeep

The middle east is not a mess. You have got it wrong. Like Biden, you are attempting to play a game that is already over.

Donald Trump ended the mess with the Abram accords. Israel and the Arabs are now working together to oppose Iran.

Recently the Negev summit resulted in serious economic cooperation between the Arabs and Israel. The UAE, Egypt and Jordan are clearly increasing trade with Israel. Saudi Arabia is not close to Israel economically because of internal politics but is close ally militarily. I suspect that Israeli products can be imported into Saudi Arabia via the UAE

The Palestinians have been deserted by the Arabs who finally concluded there was no upside to supporting what amounts to a cancerous tumor.

The middle east is quite stable and is very far from being a mess


49 posted on 06/11/2022 11:45:48 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: bert

The middle east is not a mess.
________

The middle east is run by bunch of dictators and strongmen.
None of them has clean hands.
What I am saying is that Trump choose the lesser evil and it was the great choice.
Biden is trying to undo it, which is huge mistake. They now seem to seeing that too!


50 posted on 06/11/2022 11:53:23 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: Hojczyk

Saudi should first force President Retard to stop helping the crazies in Iran nuke up 🤪


51 posted on 06/11/2022 11:55:41 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Hojczyk

There was no “oil crisis” with Trump running the show.


52 posted on 06/11/2022 12:03:51 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: bertmerc1

The vicious leftists and Biden know exactly what they are doing. They wish to “transform” the US by first bringing it to its knees.


53 posted on 06/11/2022 12:10:46 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Licensed-To-Carry
"So oil drilled in the US by American companies is really bad for the environment, but oil from anywhere else in the world is just environment friendly. It won't hurt anything."

And they never mention the heavy fuel oil or diesel fuel tankers that ship it 7000 miles.

54 posted on 06/11/2022 12:13:11 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Hojczyk


55 posted on 06/11/2022 12:14:27 PM PDT by Iron Munro ( Joe Biden - Inventor Of The First New Language since Esperanto)
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To: BrexitBen
"Even the socialist organization Yahoo is now panicking over skyrocketing oil, diesel, and gas prices."

I guess the Big Tech idiots forgot that server farms require massive amounts of electricity that doesn't come from unicorn farts and which is getting expensive.

56 posted on 06/11/2022 12:15:52 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Hojczyk

“Biden is ripping up his plan to ostracize Saudi Arabia as the US desperately seeks a way out of its oil crisis”

but not desperate enough to reverse a singly energy policy that was implemented to deliberately cripple U.S. energy independence ...


57 posted on 06/11/2022 12:25:29 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Hojczyk

Biden would go there and be nice to MBS. And MBS will leave him waiting at the door. Just to humiliate him.


58 posted on 06/11/2022 12:27:10 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Hojczyk
"Attempts by US officials to convince the Saudis to pump more oil have been unsuccessful so far, with MBS reportedly ignoring Biden's phone calls about the issue."

The Saudis can just follow the same line of thinking about biden that john kerry suggested to Iran about President Trump, just wait him out. MBS can just say, why don't you drill your own oil? Why do you come to me on your knees with your lips flanged forward.
59 posted on 06/11/2022 12:30:30 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Why should MBS help Joe out? It’s in his interest to ignore him.

It's in his interest to listen to Biden to find out what the US is willing to offer in exchange for increased oil production. It might be enough to make it worth doing. If it isn't enough he can always refuse later.

60 posted on 06/11/2022 12:48:36 PM PDT by Wissa (The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.)
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