US President Joe Biden has made no secret of his disdain for Saudi Arabia, infamously pledging to make them a pariah state.
The Saudi war in Yemen, with its devastating civilian toll, the Khashoggi murder, and rebuffing of the US request to produce more oil to lower American gasoline prices before the midterm election, has motivated many in Congress, especially on the Democratic side, to call for an arms embargo and a permanent downgrading of relations.
The president and his Democrat allies viewed the OPEC+ decision to lower oil production as purely a Saudi decision to punish the president. They also saw it entirely through the prism of Ukraine as support for American adversary Russian President Vladamir Putin, who needs high energy prices to continue to fund his brutal war.
The Saudis also want oil prices not to plunge because of the financial commitments for the Crown Prince’s Vision 2030. READ MORE
