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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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)
It was a consulate in Istanbul. The Saudi embassy in Turkey is in Ankara.
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.
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
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
(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
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.
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
The middle east is not a mess.
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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!
Saudi should first force President Retard to stop helping the crazies in Iran nuke up 🤪
There was no “oil crisis” with Trump running the show.
The vicious leftists and Biden know exactly what they are doing. They wish to “transform” the US by first bringing it to its knees.
And they never mention the heavy fuel oil or diesel fuel tankers that ship it 7000 miles.
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.
“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 ...
Biden would go there and be nice to MBS. And MBS will leave him waiting at the door. Just to humiliate 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.
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