{"id":1692982,"date":"2022-10-16T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1692982"},"modified":"2022-10-16T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T12:54:16","slug":"democrats-call-for-retribution-as-biden-humiliated-by-saudi-led-oil-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-call-for-retribution-as-biden-humiliated-by-saudi-led-oil-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Call for Retribution as Biden \u201cHumiliated\u201d by Saudi-led Oil Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-call-for-retribution-as-biden-humiliated-by-saudi-led-oil-cut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1692982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A decision by Gulf energy producers to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/opec-agrees-to-cut-oil-production-by-2m-barrels-a-day-putting-pressure-on-prices\">cut oil output<\/a> in the lead-up to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/midterms\">midterm elections<\/a> has placed the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\">White House<\/a> at the center of a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/errand-boy-saudi-biden\">public spat<\/a> with Saudi Arabia, leaving President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> \u201chumiliated\u201d after his outreach to the kingdom this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The move has hardened Democratic opposition to Saudi Arabia, with Biden\u2019s allies in Congress <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/here-are-the-options-for-retaliating-against-saudi-arabia-for-opec-production-cuts\">threatening in response to reshape<\/a> the two countries\u2019 decadeslong security partnership. <\/p>\n<p>Further roiling U.S.-Saudi relations is the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&#038;newsid=2391943#2391943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kingdom\u2019s claim<\/a> that Biden sought to delay the cut by one month for political reasons. The White House denied that domestic politics were a factor as it privately urged members of the OPEC+ oil producers coalition to reverse course. Citing the war in Ukraine, the United States <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/review-saudi-relationship\">accused Riyadh of siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> as tighter supply could lead to higher energy prices, a major source of income for the Russian war economy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-miss-mayor-karen-bass\">BIDEN LENDS BOOST TO \u2018SOON-TO-BE MS. MAYOR\u2019 KAREN BASS IN LOS ANGELES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But higher energy costs could also add to the inflationary pressures <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/19\/politics\/joe-biden-mohammed-bin-salman\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurting<\/a> Biden and Democrats politically. Analysts <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-congress-brunt-economic-blame\">warned earlier this year<\/a> that the president would need to secure months of strong economic news to persuade voters that he had control of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While Saudi Arabia has sharply rejected U.S. criticism of the cuts, during an appearance on state television this week, one analyst <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EKHNews_EN\/status\/1580343110558797824?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conceded the \u201csensitive\u201d timing<\/a> of the move. A one-month delay would pitch the next oil producer meeting within days of the November elections, too late to have much of an effect on prices and voters.<\/p>\n<p>Facing a torrent of Democratic frustration, Biden promised that the U.S. \u201cwill take action\u201d to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/biden-reevaluating-saudi-arabia-ties-as-democrats-rail-against-opec-snub\">reevaluate the U.S.-Saudi relationship<\/a> and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/biden-saudi-opec-oil-consequences\">vowed \u201cconsequences\u201d<\/a> for the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re in a bind, they need to do something significant,\u201d said Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator.<\/p>\n<p>In part, Biden&#8217;s strategy <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/saudis-think-they-have-biden-over-a-barrel-ahead-of-possible-relations-thaw\">hinged on repairing ties<\/a> with Saudi Arabia, a major oil producer and OPEC+ partner whose production output <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/ukraine-war-biden-saudi-arabia-visit\">could help bring down prices<\/a>. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-looking-forward-saudi-like-root-canal\">Arriving in Jeddah<\/a>, Saudi Arabia, this summer, Biden indicated he was hopeful for U.S.-Saudi cooperation. Though it drew backlash, a fist-bump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom\u2019s de facto leader, appeared to cement the positive feeling.<\/p>\n<p>That goodwill has collapsed as Biden prepares to face Americans and allies worried about the cost of food and energy this winter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis personal credibility is on the line,\u201d Miller said of Biden. \u201cThe president has been humiliated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet there were warning signs as Biden returned absent any production guarantees. \u201cThis is a kiss-the-ring moment, and he walked away with nothing,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n<p>Saudi officials have argued that any production decision is <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/biden-middle-east-back-to-the-future\">based on projected<\/a> supply and demand. Washington disputes this assessment. After Riyadh informed the White House of its plan, the Biden administration argued that a cut was unwarranted and suggested Riyadh delay its decision by one month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe presented Saudi Arabia with analysis to show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decision by Gulf energy producers to cut oil output in the lead-up to the midterm elections has placed the White House at the center of a public spat with Saudi Arabia, leaving President Joe Biden \u201chumiliated\u201d after his outreach to the kingdom this summer. The move has hardened Democratic opposition to Saudi Arabia, with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_finder_url":"http:\/\/post_url","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}