EmilyD

White House officials were left angered that Saudi Arabia backed out of a secret deal to increase oil production through the end of the year, The New York Times is reporting.

President Joe Biden had traveled to Saudi Arabia this summer and left believing the deal was sealed. But in early October, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman led OPEC Plus in its decision to cut production by 2 million barrels per day.

The move came after U.S. lawmakers had been informed about the trip's benefits and details of what the administration believed was an agreed upon deal. The Times noted the lawmakers are now fuming that the crowned prince duped the administration.

The Times said its information came from interviews with American officials and officials from Gulf Arab nations, along with Middle East experts.

The newspaper reported that just days before the cuts were announced, American officials said they had received assurances from the crown prince there would be no decreases in oil production. And after learning of the cuts, American officials made an unsuccessful attempt to try to reverse it.

After the cuts, angry Biden officials said the administration was going to reassess America's relation with the kingdom. The White House also claimed that Saudi Arabia was helping Russia in the war with Ukraine.

The Saudi Energy Ministry said in a statement that "the kingdom rejects these allegations and stresses that such mischaracterizations made by anonymous sources are entirely false. The decisions of OPEC Plus are reached by the consensus of all members and determined solely by market fundamentals, not politics."

Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in a statement: "We have a disagreement with Saudi Arabia over the most recent production cut, but our energy policy has always focused on prices, not number of barrels — and that policy is succeeding with crude oil prices down over 30 percent this year alone."

Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported that the crown prince mocked Biden after rejecting the deal.

The 37-year-old Saudi prince "mocks President Biden in private, making fun of the 79-year-old's gaffes and questioning his mental acuity," Saudi government insiders said.

The crown prince told his advisers he had not been impressed with Biden since he was vice president and that he "much preferred" former President Donald Trump.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-administration-saudi-arabia-deal/2022/10/27/id/1093664/

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

And you’re cheering this action because …..?

Of course he much revered trumpy . Trumpy was a pushover . All they had to do was say nice things about him and he was putty in their hands.
Putin really really misses trumpy too !
Same reason. And plus there were all secret documents to peruse.
And of course , with Jared running point
Things were better.
As he was rewarded by the Saudis quite Handsomely!!! With a check for $2BILLION.
A mystery still for what.
Makes you wonder what he sold that wasn’t his .
That maybe the Saudis sold to China .
Makes you wonder , no ?

American Vet

Learn to read, you ignorant clown.

The article simple informs - nobody is ‘cheering’.

EmilyD

That is a bold-faced lie! Trump was not rewarded for buying oil from the Saudis. He saved a lot of money - billions of dollars - by buying it out from under Putin in a price bidding war. Trump jumped into that price war, bid a better price and won the oil for our reserves. That's it. It was a good deal, he saw that and made the move to secure the oil for our reserves.

Now all that oil that Trump bought at bargain basement prices is gone...out the window. And now the Saudis have pulled the rug out from under Biden after he sold our reserves to the world market by announcing they are going to cut oil production.

They are laughing at Biden all the way to the bank with our oil! And what does Biden do? He announces that he's going to sell more of our reserves to them!!!

We are in a world of trouble...trouble that probably won't happen until Biden is long gone....but when we have a severe storm, or fire or are attacked by terrorists, we won't have any backup oil to live on.

Is that what YOU are cheering for?

Kushner secured the $2 billion six months after leaving the White House. The lucrative money ties between the Saudis and Kushner raised a few ethics issues, particularly if Trump became president again, but there’s nothing illegal about the relationship or the deal.

EmilyD

A lot of people are 'worrying'!!

One Patriot

Hahaha... you and your half t***hs and your spinning the t***h, are you Rachiel Madcow?

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

You don’t know what was legal or illegal.
If Kushner made deals with the Saudis that would up the pjs s of the next president then , yeah , maybe illegal.

EmilyD

You are correct. I shouldn't have added that last word.