As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is intensifying, the United States is busy selling natural gas at high prices to make money, but unexpectedly something happened to Middle East . According to the domestic media " Observer Network ", on October 5, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries " OPEC " and "OPEC+", composed of non-OPEC oil-producing countries, held a ministerial meeting in Vienna .
According to the final discussion results, all oil-producing countries unanimously decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. This news is obviously quite unfavorable for the United States, which is curbing the rise in domestic oil prices. In response, Biden and others are likely to take new measures to ensure that these oil-producing countries "change their minds."
US White House National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan said the U.S. government will work with Congress to negotiate "an additional tool to reduce OPEC's control over energy prices", which will likely allow the Biden administration to file legal lawsuits against OPEC members on the grounds of so-called "manipulation of energy markets."
That is to say, the United States has clearly stated that it may carry out some actions against these countries that have reduced oil production. In addition to the legal lawsuits mentioned just now, according to the previous US strategy, it is likely to use some rather radical means to make Gulf countries such as Saudi , Qatar , and Kuwait surrender to the US stick.
Shortly after White House said it would take action, the US government also plans to "loosen" the Venezuela , which had been sanctions before, and to promote the country to increase production of more oil to balance domestic oil prices by reducing sanctions on Venezuela. At the same time, the US is also considering allowing Chevron Group to exploit the country's oil.
In politics, the United States has also expressed its attitude, hoping that the Maduro government will resume negotiations with the domestic opposition at the same time. In other words, the United States will not consider subverting the Maduro government through some political means for the time being, which is very beneficial to the stability of Venezuela. You should know that the mastermind behind the domestic order in Venezuela before is the US intelligence department.
It is obvious that the United States has reduced sanctions on Venezuela due to the announcement of "OPEC+" oil production cuts, which is undoubtedly a godsend opportunity for the Maduro government. If Venezuela can successfully export crude oil to the United States and let the people become rich, this will have long-term positive development benefits for the economic development of Latin America.
At the same time, countries such as Saudi Arabia have stated that they have reduced oil production, which is definitely unacceptable for the United States. So at the press conference on October 5 when OPEC announced production cuts, Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Abdul Aziz was "questioned" by the US media.
American media reporter Hadley Gamble asked Abdul: "Are you using energy as a weapon?" After that, Gamble also claimed that some in Washington and the White House believed that OPEC's decision to cut production was a "provocative act", and they wanted to know why OPEC members, including Saudi Arabia, wanted to take "hostile actions" against the United States and Europe.
In response to this, Abdul said neither humbly nor arrogantly that American journalists raised a very "provocative" issue. From this point of view, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is no longer as visible as before.
Coincidentally, November is about to be the US midterm election. If Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries continue to not give Biden face and allow US oil prices to continue to rise, Biden's approval rating may still decline, which is unbearable for the Democratic Party. It is also because of this that Saudi Arabia and other countries should be careful of "retaliation" from the United States.
Anyone who understands the United States knows very well that the United States is a country that is "vindictive" and when the United States accuses other countries of "weaponizing energy", the United States itself weaponizes the US dollar, weaponizes Swift, weaponizes foreign trade, weaponizes chips, weaponizes space, weaponizes public opinion... As long as other small countries resist a little, the United States will say that it is wrong.
For the time being, whether Saudi Arabia and other countries' oil production increase is intended to fight the United States, from an objective perspective, it has at least touched the core interests of the United States. According to the previous way of the US government, it is estimated that after a while, the United States will take various means to attack Saudi Arabia.
After all, Biden visited Saudi Arabia a few months ago and asked for its oil production to increase, but the result was not very satisfactory. Saudi Arabia is facing the United States in oil, which actually shows that the United States' hegemony is no longer as good as before. Today's era is approaching the era of "competing for heroes". A number of countries including Saudi Arabia are also seeking to get rid of the constraints of the United States and are unwilling to become a vassal of the United States.
, especially after China's strong rise and Russia launched a military operation to fight against NATO's eastward expansion of , the United States had no time to take care of all changes for a while, allowing many countries around the world to see the crux of the United States. Over time, the United States has exposed only a few more problems, and the white supremacist ideas led by Europe and the United States will inevitably sweep into the trash can of history.
In this regard, whether Russia attacks Ukraine or Saudi Arabia reduces oil production, the wheel of human history is running contrary to the direction imagined by the United States. Will Biden, who is old, fight to the death to defend American hegemony, or choose to honestly admit the reality of recession? Referring to history, perhaps the answer has been reflected in the next actions of the United States.
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