It is reported that because of the "oil production cut plan" announced last week, the two countries of Saudi and the UAE have completely angered the United States. The US midterm election, which is about to open in one month, is highly valued by the Democratic Party. If they lose the House of Representatives, it will pay a huge price, and even affect the re-election of Biden and . For this reason, state lawmakers are spared no effort to canvass votes and regard the Biden administration's "stabilizing oil prices" as a huge political achievement. Unexpectedly, at this critical juncture, the "OPEC+" of the Middle East, the (expanded) organization of the oil exporting countries (expanded) announced a reduction in production, which caused a huge increase in oil prices in the United States, which seriously hit the Democratic government with a heavy blow.
reported that Biden just expressed disappointment at the beginning, but the party members quit. Several lawmakers launched a "criminal" against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, demanding that the US government immediately interrupt various cooperation with these countries until they are willing to change their attitude. The Democratic Party Whip Robin, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Menendez, and other real-power figures also ended one after another. Menendez, who controls the arms sales power, even directly threatened that he would no longer agree to the US military sales cooperation plan for it until Saudi Arabia and other countries reconsider it. Under unanimous pressure from both inside and outside, the Biden administration finally changed its attitude and issued a fierce warning to him on the 11th: the United States will reconsider its relations with Saudi Arabia.
reported that UAE President Al Nahyan, who played a key role in the production cut agreement, went to St. Petersburg to meet with Putin , and the two sides negotiated on oil issues, economic cooperation and other aspects. The weather was very cold that day, and the UAE president was wearing only one outfit and he did not bring his coat into the conference room. Before the assistant came with a down jacket after the conversation, he found that Al Nahayan was wearing a coat; it was later confirmed that the coat did come from Russian President Putin. Foreign media speculated that "Putin personally put his clothes on him." The scene of
quickly attracted the attention of Western media, believing that from this detail, it can be seen that the two "intimate cooperative relationship" of the two is in a strong contrast with the Biden administration "roaring" towards Middle Eastern countries in Washington. Because Saudi Arabia and the UAE's production cut resolution was made after consultation with Russia, Democratic lawmakers concluded that the positions of these two countries in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict had changed. They "feel very sympathetic to Russia" and plotted against the United States with Russia. Menendez mentioned above also warned that some countries can only choose to "support democracy" or "support aggression" and do not try to wander in the middle.
Also worth mentioning, someone immediately discovered that this scene seemed familiar after the photo was published: 9 years ago, at an international conference in St. Petersburg, former German Chancellor Merkel came to attend the conference in thin clothes. The weather was very cold that day; halfway through the meeting, Putin suddenly stood up and put on a blanket on Merkel himself, and Merkel was also laughing and was captured by the camera. A comment exclaimed: "Look at Europe at this time, this is a freeze of development, peace, respect and unlimited potential; when Putin was 'wearing a coat' again, Europe was already a chaotic world of development decline, riddled with holes and full of hatred and revengeism. Who is the initiator of all this?"