The debate on the OPEC Plus alliance to reduce crude oil production extended to social media between the Americans and the Saudis.
US Senator Bernie Sanders criticized Saudi Arabia as “the worst violator of human rights in the world”, calling for the withdrawal of US forces from Saudi Arabia, which made him receive thousands of responses, many of them from Saudis.
After the Riyadh-Moscow-led coalition decision, Sanders tweeted, “If Saudi Arabia… wants to cooperate with Russia to raise American gas prices, it can make Putin defend its monarchy.”
“We must withdraw all American forces from Saudi Arabia, stop selling them weapons, and end the oil cartel that sets prices,” the Democratic senator said.
One of the responses was from Prince Al-Waleed bin Badr, a member of the royal family and grandson of King Saud, the second in line to the throne in Saudi Arabia.
Have you ever heard of..
PETRODOLLAR?Do YOU know who can change that?
& whos economy would be effected?If you don’t know Mr. U.S. senator then you shouldn’t start sending threats to who helps you stay on top!!!#SaudiArabia
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Al-Waleed bin Badr, who does not hold an official position in the kingdom, said, “Have you heard regarding .. petrodollars? … Do you know who can change that? And which economy will be affected? … If you do not know Mr. US Senator, you should not start in Send threats to those who help you stay on top!!!”.
And on Wednesday, the group of oil exporting countries and their allies known as “OPEC Plus”, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, announced a reduction in oil production by two million barrels of oil per day, starting in November, with the aim of keeping black gold prices at high levels.
This step angered the United States, and US President Joe Biden expressed “disappointment with the short-sighted decision of OPEC Plus”, especially since the cuts are the largest since the Covid-19 pandemic and exceeded analysts’ expectations.
And Archyde.com news agency quoted government officials and experts in Washington and the Gulf as saying that the OPEC + group’s decision this week to cut oil production despite fierce American opposition has increased pressure on the already tense relations between the White House under President Biden and the royal family in Saudi Arabia, which was once one of the strongest allies. Washington in the Middle East.
Sanders’ opinion was in agreement with the trends of a number of Democratic representatives in the US Congress following the coalition’s decision to reduce black gold production.
I thought the whole point of selling arms to the Gulf States despite their human rights abuses, nonsensical Yemen War, working once morest US interests in Libya, Sudan etc, was that when an international crisis came, the Gulf might choose America over Russia/China. https://t.co/szkePOGtJK
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 5, 2022
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote on Twitter, “I used to think that the point of selling arms to the Gulf states, despite their human rights abuses, the senseless war in Yemen, action once morest American interests in Libya and Sudan, etc., is that when an international crisis occurs, The Gulf might favor America over Russia/China.”