US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a visit to Saudi Arabia that the US is committed to its Gulf allies and to expanding the Abraham Accords (that Trump brokered).
As with any high-level political negotiation, respect is a key attribute, and the Biden administration has not managed to garner any. Saudi Arabia sent the message to the US in April that America no longer calls “the shots in the Persian Gulf or the oil market anymore.” And that “the era of American hegemony in the Middle East is over.” Last year, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) made it clear that he does not care what Biden thinks. Now it has come to light in a classified document that after Biden vowed to impose consequences on Saudi Arabia for slashing oil production last year, MBS privately threatened to sever ties and retaliate economically.
The more the Biden administration tours regions of the world in attempts to strengthen old alliances and make new ones, the worse it gets for America.
“Saudi crown prince threatened ‘major’ economic pain on U.S. amid oil feud,” by John Hudson, Washington Post, June 8, 2023:
Last fall, President Biden vowed to impose “consequences” on Saudi Arabia for its decision to slash oil production amid high energy prices and fast-approaching elections in the United States.
In public, the Saudi government defended its actions politely via diplomatic statements. But in private, Crown Prince threatened to fundamentally alter the decades-old U.S.-Saudi relationship and impose significant economic costs on the United States if it retaliated against the oil cuts, according to a classified document obtained by The Washington Post.
The crown prince claimed “he will not deal with the U.S. administration anymore,” the document says, promising “major economic consequences for Washington.”….
“In Saudi Arabia, Blinken says US committed to Gulf allies, expanding Abraham Accords,” by Jacob Majid, AFP, June 7, 2023:
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The United States is working to expand the Abraham Accords and is committed to its Gulf Arab partners, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Gulf diplomats in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday at a time of rapidly shifting regional alliances.
Blinken spoke during a Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting in the capital Riyadh following talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and the kingdom’s de-facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“We are collaborating with countries in the region to widen and deepen the normalization of relations with Israel.” Blinken said at the opening of the US-GCC ministerial meeting on strategic partnership……
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Like in the case w/ China, this is one case where a total break in relations b/w the US and Saudi Arabia would be good for both. Essentially, it would stop any Saudi money eg Alaweed bin Talal from being legally accepted in the US, and for the Saudis, they no longer need to bother about what the US thinks about their deals w/ Iran, China, Turkey or anyone else for that matter
FYI says
Joe Biden’s latest statement at Pride 2023
“As commander in chief I was proud to have ended the ban on transJESTER Americans..trans gender Americans serving in the US military”
Trans JESTERS.
Not to alarm anyone but Biden is the C-in-C.
The Russian/Chinese/Iranian/North Korean militaries:now you know they are laughing right?
it is BAD OPTICS:see how weak the US is.GOOD OPTICS are important when someone is the C-in-C.
Falling over all the time looks really,really bad.
FYI says
Further..
I have just realized something.At last I have found my tribe!
I am a TRANSJESTER.My names are Loki,Richie Sunak,Yasir Qadhi and Zelensky,allah’s “WE”
“WE” seem to be having a laugh.
somehistory says
When it comes to cutting production and making prices soar, biden should sanction himself for all of the damage he has done with stopping Keystone, not allowing new leases, etc.
Wonder what a biden sanction on biden would look like?
No more ice cream for you, joey.
No more morning, afternoon and evening naps, joey.
And no more vacation trips, joey.
No more “communion” for you, joey, until you own up to all of the lies…every one of them, going back to your school days, and only after you fess-up about your hideous son and his crimes in which you were heavily involved. Tell the Truth about his crimes and yours, joey, or you’ll be sorry.
James Lincoln says
That picture of Biden with MSB says everything.
Biden thinks that MSB is showing him respect – but instead, MSB is laughing at him.
joanofark06 says
This is a laugh! There is NO WAY Blinken is going to do ANYTHING with Israel and what Trump made! Besides him being sided by side with OBiden, and no one wants anything to do with him, or give him any respect, ONLY Trump will be the one to finish what he started, and that is why he HAS TO come back and be president again. He has to add WAY more countries to this peace treaty with Israel. And all of the countries he will soon add, will have to be RICH and POWERFUL, Middle Eastern countries. Trump only got to add a few countries on this peace treaty, before he had to leave office. That wasn’t enough.
There has to enough of these rich and powerful Middle Eastern countries, for all of them, to finally look at Palestine, and say to that leader “What say you”?
Now that Palestinian leader has been saying NO to peace with Israel with EVERY president since the days of President Carter. (Except for the dirtbag we have now). And why has every President tried so hard to get a peace treaty signed between Israel and Palestine?
Maybe because they know that, as soon as a 7 year peace treaty (and that’s what it will be), gets signed between these two countries, a 7 year Tribulation period begins, and the “beginning of the end” starts, and Satan shows up at the halfway mark (or 3 1/2 year) of that 7 years. Read the Book of Revelation, and you’ll know what happens during that time.
All these presidents since Pres. Carter, have been waiting for the huge war against God. They they think, with all their arrogance, with Satan on their side, they will win. But of course, we are told that they won’t.
And so, when then Palestinian leader says NO, again, to signing up with peace with Israel, THIS time, all of those rich and powerful Middle Eastern countries (who have have signed up, thanks to Trump), will twist his arm behind his back, so to speak. They say they will be tired of all the fighting between those two, and they want peace. So either economically or financially, all of these MANY countries, will FORCE that Palestinian leader to finally say YES, and that he will sign!
Out comes the 7 year peace treaty, and it’s signed. And the 7 year Tribulation begins…or the Wrath of God comes down.
So many Christians think, that they will be RAPTURED, before the Tribulation. Of which then I ask them, who will refuse the mark, if we’re raptured. Satan would have it easy then, with everyone else in the world, taking his mark, with no one to refuse him!
And what about what God says will happen to those who refuse Satan’s mark? Should we just ignore the verse Rev 20:4? I don’t think so!!
Also, I think we were given a little bit more time, to make our decision of who we are going to be with, God or Satan, and that is why God didn’t allow Trump to finish, with what God was using him for. But time is almost up! Trump WILL BE president! Even from prison, articles have said, if that happens, which I hope not.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m not sure that even Trump can pull back the likes of Saudi Arabia out of Chicom influence. The main factor here is the story of “dedollarization”, or the exodus of several countries from the US dollar. Many countries have discovered that they can trade w/ others in other currencies, and use the dollar only for trade w/ the US, and I doubt any president can squeeze that toothpaste back into the tube
Also, China has just got Saudi Arabia a peace deal w/ Iran, and I don’t see Saudi Arabia wanting to sabotage it, given that during the Trump administration itself, there were Houthi or Iranian attacks on Saudi oil installations which they were unable to prevent, and the US even then didn’t retaliate against Iran militarily. Which is justified: we see the “thanks ?” that Kuwait gives these days, so we are perfectly justified in not killing their enemies for them, even if they may be our enemies. However, from a Saudi POV, it implies that they’re better off taking the Chinese deal to normalize relations w/ Iran
Only thing left is Israel & Iran. It’s unlikely that the US can negotiate b/w the two, but if China can convince Iran to shed its hostility towards Israel in lieu of Israel warming up to Beijing, particularly in the backdrop of US hostility towards Israel, then that would be a third coup in the region, and the US influence will then be completely nil!