More evidence of Biden's irrational energy policies
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Tensions with Saudi Arabia, a longtime American security partner, have increased over the last year
The Biden administration's policy on the Middle East has fractured some of the United States' most dependable partnerships in the region, causing typically friendly countries to build stronger relationships with China and Russia.
"That countries that historically have been close partners of the United States are turning to Russia and China is a massive failure of American leadership," Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow for international affairs and national security at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital.
Coates' comments come amid a chaotic time for U.S. relations in the Middle East, including a disastrous retreat of American forces from Afghanistan, an on-again, off-again, nuclear negotiation with Iran, and a disconnect with Saudi Arabia over global energy policy.
That disconnect between President Biden and Middle Eastern partners became more evident in March, when leaders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates declined to field a phone call from the president. Biden had hoped to discuss having the oil-rich countries increase exports amid soaring gas prices in the U.S. and a ban on imports of Russian gas, but was given the silent treatment for his efforts.
The rift came to a head last week, when the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil alliance opted to cut oil production, a decision the bloc said was made in the best interests of its members economies.
In response, the Biden administration condemned the decision and vowed to review the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, hinting that there would be "consequences" for the oil-rich kingdom.
The Saudis issued a statement of their own in response on Thursday, saying that Biden had attempted to nudge them toward delaying the decision, which will likely boost oil prices in the U.S., until after next month's midterm elections, a move they argued "would have had negative economic consequences" for the member nations.
"These outcomes are based purely on economic considerations that take into account maintaining balance of supply and demand in the oil markets, as well as aim to limit volatility that does not serve the interests of consumers and producers," a Saudi Foreign Ministry official said in the statement.
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He is doing this at the same time he has been restricting US production on federally controlled sites. The Biden energy policy does not appear to have any rational bases and has harmed US consumers driving up the cost of transportation and increasing inflation at the same time.
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Joe Biden Plays the Old Ugly American
Having shut down America’s oil-producing abilities, Biden believes that he can strong-arm his enemies to send us more of such taboo energy that we won’t produce ourselves.
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So, was it any surprise that the Saudis became the fourth non-democratic regime to refuse Biden’s entreaties? During the 2020 campaign, when gas prices were dirt cheap, and when then candidate Biden was demagoguing about ending fossil fuel, he opportunistically libeled the Saudis a “pariah” state.
Biden also claimed that his opponent Donald Trump had cozied up to these supposedly awful Saudi royals. That accusation was especially ironic given that Trump was the first American president who had no need for Saudi oil.
His administration had managed to make the United States the largest producer of gas and oil in history— precluding any energy dependence on illiberal regimes abroad.
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