Saudi Arabia is now backpedaling, seeking to mend ties with Biden after Democrats fared better-than-

[In It to Win It]

Saudi Arabia is now backpedaling, seeking to mend ties with Biden after Democrats fared better-than-expected in the midterms


Insider

After diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and the US seemed to sink to another low earlier this year, the Arab nation now appears keen to smooth ties with the Biden administration.

And it's the better-than-anticipated showing by the Democratic Party in the midterm elections that has strengthened President Joe Biden's hand, analysts say.

Many had projected sweeping gains for the Republican Party in the recent midterms, aided by economic challenges tied to high inflation and rising fuel prices.

In the lead up to the elections, members of the Democratic Party accused Saudi Arabia of backing away from an agreement to boost oil production, and instead cut it, as part of a ploy to spike inflation and damage the Democrats' chances in the midterms.

But instead, Biden's party emerged with their control of the Senate intact, and with a smaller-than-expected loss of seats in the House.

As such, the Saudis have in recent weeks made a series of diplomatic moves seemingly aimed at improving frayed relations with the White House.

[ColinC]

1. Fuck 'em. End all military aid, open up all reserves,

End oil dependency on them, and sanction them up the ass.

(I can wish, can’t I?)

[OnDoutside]

2. While you're right, the focus right now is to use this to put further

pressure on Russia....but mark Saudis card for the future.

[ColinC]

3. That's likely a smarter move

[StormKing]

6. Never forgive 9/11

And I will never believe that they were not involved.

[OnDoutside]

7. Of course they were involved. They have that bit of justice coming too.

[Bev54]

9. Never forgive or forget the murder of Khashoggi as well.

[StormKing]

14. That too for sure

And I hate that the prosecution of his murder is such a political football.

[Duppers]

15. Indeed! 👍

[Tetrachloride]

4. Egyptian pound to dollar at new lows.

currently 24.5 to 1. No sign of ever recovering, even though Egypt is a stable ally of KSA.

[packman]

5. Tell them to go suck oil

Friends like that we don't need. Let the Taliban loose on them.

Never should have got that close to them, we were nothing more than fools to buy that cheap oil and find ourselves holding the tiger's tail.

[doc03]

8. Didn't the administration make MBS immune from liability for

Khashoggi's murder a couple days ago?





https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/politics/saudi-crown-prince-immunity-state-department-jamal-khashoggi/index.html

[WarGamer]

11. that's 100% correct... crickets.

[Dustlawyer]

10. Where is the rest of the media in reporting gas prices

dropping so much after the election? Hello?

[NCjack]

12. First step in getting to the negotiation table should be Saudi Arabia claws back

the $2 B it placed with Jared. All of it. Even the commissions, esp. those Jared paid to Donald.

[ThoughtCriminal]

13. Is there any doubt they will pull the same shit

in 2024?

[Dorian Gray]

16. The very petty part of me

wants to say "Fuck them."

They should twist in the wind.