It is reported that late last month, US President Biden announced a "good news" on his personal social homepage: After unremitting efforts of the US government, oil prices have finally returned to the level before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

It is reported that late last month, US President Biden announced a "good news" on his personal social homepage: After unremitting efforts of the US government, oil prices finally returned to the level before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This news made many people quite excited. The fall in oil prices means that a very critical link in the US's high inflation phenomenon has been solved. Although the current CPI index is still exaggerated and many problems have not been solved; but Biden's move shows a "prospect worth looking forward to" and fulfills his promise in the first half of the year. Unexpectedly, less than half a month later, with a resolution from , Saudi Arabia and other countries, these wishes turned into bubbles.

At the "OPEC+" ministerial meeting three days ago, Saudi Arabia announced without warning that global oil-producing countries would reduce production cuts, reducing oil production to 2 million barrels per day. Once the news announced that global oil prices have risen rapidly, this is also the largest production cut plan for "OPEC+" since 2020, with production cuts equivalent to 2% of the total global oil demand. There is only one month left before the Democratic midterm elections. Saudi Arabia's move has quickly aroused heated discussions in the United States. Many Democratic politicians regard this move as a "betrayal". Now it suddenly makes the people experience a wave of "high oil prices". It is conceivable how much impact it will have on their votes and even change the overall pattern of the election.

U.S. President Biden seemed quite helpless when he responded, admitting that there was “problems” in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and he was very disappointed. The Associated Press described this as "Saudi Crown Prince slapped Biden in the face again". Biden's statement actually admitted the failure of this humiliating diplomacy (Biden went to Saudi Arabia to "seek oil" in July). Saudi Arabia first increased production, but the behavior of reducing production in less than two months was undoubtedly a "shocking" to Washington. Media such as " New York Times " said the Democrats are planning a retaliation action that may be implemented soon if they do fail in the midterm elections.

Only part of this planned retaliation plan has been disclosed. Rep. Susan Wilder and others criticized Saudi Arabia and the UAE for conducting "hostile operations" against the United States and proposed to withdraw troops from these two countries. Previously, the United States had deployed nearly 5,000 soldiers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In order to prevent Iranian , Yemen's Houthi armed forces and protect their own enterprises, it is said that this has effectively dispelled the terrorist organizations' attempts toward Saudi Arabia. So the plan proposed by the Democratic Party this time includes withdrawing all soldiers and no longer providing any protection for Saudi Arabia. One of the lawmakers, Malinnovsky, also accused Saudi Arabia of "having the same values ​​as Putin and " and that it must be punished.

However, Saudi Arabia is dismissive of these threats. Saudi Foreign Minister Jubaier said in an interview on the 47th that the idea that the so-called Saudi Arabia's production cut is to hurt the United States is absolutely wrong. At this point, the US can only blame the United States for not building new refineries and shortage of domestic equipment. They do not understand why Washington is so hysterical about these plans. Saudi Arabia did not discuss the "punishment measures" proposed by US lawmakers, nor did it express its opinion on this; some analysts believe that the US's retaliation plan certainly not only includes the withdrawal of troops. Now Saudi Arabia has the ability to defend itself and does not have so much demand for whether these troops exist. The Biden administration is still very cautious about offending Saudi Arabia to prevent them from causing more "chaos" before the midterm elections, but once the election is really defeated, the consequences will be very serious.