Joe Biden Saudi Arabia

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Rep. Ro Khanna of California introduced legislation that would immediately pause all U.S. arms sales to ...

“Saudi Arabia’s disastrous decision to slash oil production by two million barrels a day makes it clear that Riyadh is seeking to harm the U.S. As a candidate for the White House, he vowed that Saudi rulers would “pay the price” under his watch for the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the kingdom’s leadership. Biden said that he’d look to make the oil-rich country a “pariah.” It’s in the interest of our allies and partners in that part of the world as well.” During the visit, he met with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who he once shunned as a killer for the death of Khashoggi. The production cut also hurts U.S.-led efforts to make the war financially unsustainable for Russia, threatens a global economy already destabilized by the Ukraine conflict and risks saddling Biden and Democrats with newly rising gasoline prices just ahead of the U.S. Menendez promised to use his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to block any future arms sales to the Saudis. OPEC+, which includes Russia as well as Saudi Arabia, announced last week it would cut production by 2 million barrels a day, which will help prop up oil prices that are allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep paying for his eight-month invasion of Ukraine. “So, it’s not only in our interest that missile defense in the region become more integrated and cooperative. Biden came into office vowing to recalibrate the U.S. “I’m not going to get into what I’d consider and what I have in mind. But it remains to be seen how far Biden is willing to go in showing his displeasure with the Saudis, a vital but complicated ally in the Middle East.

US president suggests he will soon take action as aides announce the White House is re-evaluating ties with kingdom.

Following the cartel’s meeting in Vienna, UAE Minister of Energy Suhail al-Mazrouei [said](/news/2022/10/6/us-democrats-rally-against-saudi-arabia-uae-after-oil-cuts) the decision was “technical, not political”. US intelligence says the crown prince approved an operation to capture or kill Khashoggi, a Saudi insider-turned-critic, who was murdered and dismembered by Saudi agents inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. I don’t think this is anything that’s going to have to wait or should wait, quite frankly, for much longer,” Kirby added. “Russia is in a pretty weak position right now and cannot actually compensate for the US alliance with Saudi Arabia. so they need all sorts of cash in order to keep that going.” “This is really seen to benefit the president’s political adversaries in the US,” said Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett, reporting from Washington.

Biden pledged "consequences" and vowed to "take action" — but some lawmakers are demanding a concrete response.

"They want to have American weapons because if we ever have to fight Iran together, we want those weapons systems to complement each other." firms selling those weapons, but it also hurts the security of the region, because we want the Saudis to have American weapons," Morell said. Biden said Wednesday that he wants to consult with Congress before deciding on any consequences. Bernie Sanders and Bob Menendez have floated ideas including freezing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which is a member of OPEC+, and pulling all U.S. troops out of the country. President Biden issued a vague warning to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after the OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting nations decided last week to

United States Middle East policies are under renewed focus after President Joe Biden said Saudi Arabia faced “consequences” over the OPEC+ cut in oil ...

Asked this question Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price answered, “we won’t take our eye off the threat that Iran poses not only to the region but in some ways beyond. In his CNN interview Tuesday, Biden did not endorse a call from some Democrats to downgrade relations with Riyadh. “I don’t remember hearing from some voices who are calling for the US to cancel meetings with Saudi Arabia…after Iran plotted to assassinate Americans on US soil while US took part in JCPOA negotiations in Vienna,” Critics of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) which the Biden administration has worked to revive, and supporters of Saudi Arabia, have criticized calls for downgrading US relations with Riyadh. You have seen us…respond and take action…against the malign actions and malign influence that Iran has perpetrated, that Iran has attempted to export throughout the region.” But as nuclear talks with Iran have faltered and Tehran is harshly suppressing popular protests at home, the question arises if any attempt to downgrade relations with Saudi Arabia would not present opportunities to Iran in the region.

In today's newsletter: After a summer spent persuading Saudi Arabia to lower costs, the world's largest oil producer is doing the opposite – now the US ...

And Robin Gosens thought he had won it for [Inter against Barcelona](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/12/barcelona-internazionale-champions-league-match-report) with an 89th minute goal - only for Robert Lewandowski to make it 3-3 in injury time. [this excellent analysis](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/in-the-new-world-order-saudi-arabia-is-choosing-its-friends-on-its-own-terms-and-joe-biden-is-not-one-of-them), Martin Chulov argues that his ambition is for Saudi Arabia to “no longer be a Flintstones-like theocracy that eschewed progress and hid behind a US security umbrella … In the short term, that appears to be good news for Russia, and bad news for the US and its allies. “There was a lot of opposition to that among Democrats – and there was the whole moral dimension, of the war in Yemen and the death of Khashoggi,” Julian Borger said. Elsewhere, the Daily Mail asks “Could Camilla have to swap her crown?”, reporting that the Koh-i-Noor diamond might not be used in the Queen Consort’s coronation headpiece because of “political sensitivities”. [threatened unspecified “consequences”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/11/biden-signals-rethink-over-saudi-ties-amid-anger-at-cuts-in-oil-output) for the Opec+ decision – and last night, [US Democrats told Saudi Arabia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/12/us-democrats-threaten-saudi-arabia-with-arms-freeze-over-oil-output) that if they did not change course, they would force a one-year freeze on all arms sales. [the New York Times reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/us/politics/biden-saudi-arabia-oil-production-cut.html) that the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, was “seriously considering” legislation that would allow lawsuits for price fixing against the Saudis. Through the likely impact on US petrol prices, “they’re putting their thumb on the scale of the US election,” Julian said. As well as pushing up petrol prices – and by extension inflation – at a time of economic turmoil, the move is of huge benefit to Russia. Russia is part of an expanded group of oil exporters, Opec+, which was founded in 2016 as a way to counter big new challenges to Opec’s ability to control the market, from the emergence of the US as a major exporter to the growth of renewable energy. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries was founded in 1960, as a way to force oil prices up in response to US import caps and the huge influence of multinational oil and gas companies. Today, that gambit appears to have failed – and the relationship is in tatters.

President Joe Biden will examine all aspects of US ties with Saudi Arabia, including arms sales, as administration officials begin quiet discussions with ...

And some US officials believe that inflicting a cost on Saudi Arabia would be counterproductive, a US official said. There was also a meeting that US officials planned to attend in Riyadh this week which has been rescheduled. Senate Foreign Affairs Chairman Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, called for an immediate freeze in US-Saudi relations after OPEC announced decreasing oil production last week, pledging that he “will not green-light any cooperation with Riyadh until the kingdom reassesses its position with respect to the war in Ukraine.” Another top Senate Democrat, Sen. While the Biden administration mulls over options on the table, there has been very little conversation between the US and Saudi Arabia. But one question he’s going to ask is: Is the nature of the relationship serving the interest and values of the United States and what changes would make it better serve the interests and values?” The decision to decrease output also came just weeks before the midterm elections, where inflation and the price at the gas pump will be top of mind for many voters.

Joe Biden's party has it in for Saudi Arabia. First, it used the press to smear Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman in order to protect Barack Obama's nuclear.

Unfortunately, the evidence of the last several years suggests that the party Biden leads and the oligarchy he represents will only redouble their efforts to bend reality to their will, through a combination of censorship and coercion intended to benefit the party’s wealthiest supporters. And this is the crux of the matter. Polling has shown that a large number of Biden supporters wouldn’t have voted for him in 2020 had they known of his and his son Hunter’s financial arrangements with China. It’s the kind of thing a Democratic candidate in his late 70s who’s never held a job outside of Washington, DC is likely to say to get college voters to the polls. Sure, there’s a large millennialist movement in the Democratic Party that believes the world will come to an end soon if we don’t move to green energy immediately. It’s hardly a coincidence that virtually all of that infrastructure—solar panels, wind turbines, rare earth minerals, etc.—is manufactured in or owned by China, the oligarchy’s crucial partner. Through such appeals, the new oligarchy hopes to normalize a host of self-evidently destructive projects that empower them at the expense of America’s disintegrating middle class and what were generally accepted to be the interests of the American state. Actual data about the risks of vaccines was “misinformation,” even—and especially—if it was true. Drug dealers were to be permitted to peddle their wares in the street, and violent criminals to walk out of jail free, in order to advance “racial justice.” Race and gender ideology designed to divide families and communities is definitely part of the new normal in schools, and if you complain about it at school board meetings, the FBI will come after you. That’s also normal, and entirely the product of design. Mandating an experimental vaccine in the absence of hard data was also part of the new normal. Biden’s deliberate demolition of America’s fossil fuel industry in the name of environmental virtue has sent energy and food prices soaring at home.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry didn't specifically cite the midterm elections in its lengthy statement.

Despite the outreach, the kingdom has been supportive of keeping oil prices high in order to fund Prince Mohammed’s aspirations, including his planned $500 billion futuristic desert city project called Neom. “Resolving economic challenges requires the establishment of a non-politicized constructive dialogue, and to wisely and rationally consider what serves the interests of all countries.” Once muscular enough to grind the U.S. administration that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the OPEC+ decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences,” the ministry said in its statement. to a halt with its 1970s oil embargo, OPEC needed non-members like Russia to push through a production cut in 2016 after prices crashed below $30 a barrel amid rising American production. [a Wall Street Journal article](https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-defied-u-s-warnings-ahead-of-opec-production-cut-11665504230?mod=Searchresults_pos8&page=1) this week that also said the U.S. Such a delay could have helped reduce the risk of a spike in gas prices ahead of the U.S. The Journal quoted unnamed Saudi officials as describing the move as a political gambit by Biden ahead of the vote. A statement issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry didn’t specifically mention the Nov. Meanwhile, higher energy prices provide a weapon Russia can use against the West, which has been arming and supporting Ukraine. “suggested” the cuts be delayed by a month. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the U.S.

A second Saudi-backed golf tournament at one of Trump's courses continues the theme of Saudi Arabia working with the former president, but not with Biden.

administration that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the OPEC+ decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences," the ministry said. But there will be consequences," Biden said. government sought a delay on the OPEC decision until early November. [rejected a request to speak to Biden](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-snubbed-arab-leaders-bid-control-gas-prices-report-says-1686201) on the phone as the president tried to convince the Kingdom to pump more oil to ease the pressure of the Russian oil ban. just ahead of the midterms. government had formally requested that OPEC delay its recent decision on reducing oil production by a month, an appeal which was ultimately rejected.

The US-Saudi relationship endured a crippling oil embargo and the 9/11 attacks. Has the relationship run its course? Richard Hall investigates.

When the Americans talk about security in the Gulf, they are there to ensure the free flow of oil to their allies, to the global economy.” And there were accusations in Congress and among governors that Saudi Arabia is trying to put the shale oil industry out of business and destroy the US oil industry. “[Mr Biden] is so clearly contemptuous of Saudi Arabia and has so insulted the Kingdom and its defacto ruler who will be around for perhaps a half-century that he can’t repair things,” she said. “This nonsense about standing with Putin — when the price of oil went below zero, the Americans went ballistic and put all the pressure on Saudi Arabia to cooperate with Russia to bring the price of oil back. So there’s a public good there that I think American politicians in their emotions, prior to the midterm elections, are confusing,” Mr Shihabi added. “The feeling of the Saudi authorities is that they would increase production intelligently to make sure that the price of oil does not go up. On the campaign trail, Mr Biden vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over its pervasive human rights abuses and that it would “ [pay the price](https://theintercept.com/2019/11/21/democratic-debate-joe-biden-saudi-arabia/)” for the killing of Washington Post contributor [Jamal Khashoggi](/topic/jamal-khashoggi). [largest importer of US weapons](https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2021/international-arms-transfers-level-after-years-sharp-growth-middle-eastern-arms-imports-grow-most) in the world, and relies heavily on US weapons manufacturers and technicians for its security. What they didn’t promise, nor did they expect that the Americans expected them to do, was to allow the price of oil to collapse,” he said. Nearly [15,000 civilians](https://caat.org.uk/homepage/stop-arming-saudi-arabia/the-war-on-yemens-civilians/) have been killed in the war, most of them by airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition using American-made military equipment. The Saudi decision to cut oil production has prompted a furious response from Democratic senators with the power to delay or halt those sales to Riyadh. Crucially for the Biden administration, it raised the likelihood of a spike in gas prices in the US ahead of crucial midterm elections, which may harm Mr Biden’s Democratic party in a vote that he has defined as a

Saudi Arabia says that the U.S. had urged the kingdom to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production.

“Resolving economic challenges requires the establishment of a non-politicized constructive dialogue, and to wisely and rationally consider what serves the interests of all countries.” Despite the outreach, the kingdom has been supportive of keeping oil prices high in order to fund Prince Mohammed's aspirations, including his planned $500 billion futuristic desert city project called Neom. The Journal quoted unnamed Saudi officials as describing the move as a political gambit by Biden ahead of the vote. administration that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the OPEC+ decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences,” the ministry said in its statement. Once muscular enough to grind the U.S. to a halt with its 1970s oil embargo, OPEC needed non-members like Russia to push through a production cut in 2016 after prices crashed below $30 a barrel amid rising American production. Such a delay could have helped reduce the risk of a spike in gas prices ahead of the U.S. The ministry's statement confirmed a Wall Street Journal article this week that also said the U.S. Ties have been fraught since the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which Washington believes came on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. A statement issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry didn't specifically mention the Nov. “suggested” the cuts be delayed by a month. Holding off on cuts would have meant implementing them just before the Nov.

Such a delay in the OPEC+ move could have staved off price rises at American pumps until after the midterm elections.

"Other OPEC nations communicated to us privately that they also disagreed with the Saudi decision, but felt coerced to support Saudi’s direction." “The expectation that Saudi Arabia must manipulate global energy markets to influence domestic U.S. But human rights groups say that if anything the country has entrenched its position as As the Kremlin suffers heavy losses of troops and territory, it has been accused of using energy as a weapon against Europe — which has long relied on Moscow's fossil fuels — and the wider world, which is dealing with inflation partly sparked by the war. The kingdom had “clarified through its continuous consultation with the U.S. sees it as OPEC+ effectively siding with Russia. “It seems this is not about Russia but instead about the U.S. Russia is an OPEC+ member and as an an oil-exporting giant would benefit from rising prices. That [its entire relationship with the kingdom](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/months-intense-lobbying-persuaded-biden-go-saudi-arabia-sources-say-rcna38159), with Biden vowing “consequences” for a decision many viewed as a boon to [President Vladimir Putin](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-putin-strikes-crimea-bridge-explosion-strikes-rcna51612). [a long, pointed statement ](https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2391943#2391943)in which it rejected suggestions the cut was "politically motivated," saying the decision was reached by consensus and made to “protect the global economy from oil-market volatility.” [President Joe Biden initially calling the kingdom a “pariah”](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-visit-saudi-arabia-country-vowed-treat-pariah-rcna31750) before traveling to the kingdom this summer to [fist-bump Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/biden-saudi-arabia-trip-higher-oil-production-rcna38320) in a much-criticized overture to increase global oil production.