President JoeBiden dials back fight with Saudi Arabia as gas prices drop
When a coalition of oil-producing states led by Saudi Arabia slashed oil production quotas weeks before the midterm elections, defying Washington with a threat of higher gasoline prices, Biden said his administration would take “action” to reevaluate the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States. As Democratic allies threatened to reshape the two countries’ decadeslong security arrangement, Biden vowed “consequences” for the kingdom once a review concluded.
Instead, the administration has taken steps to stall action that could upset a delicate effort to align the two nations. Similar resolutions passed the Senate during the Trump administration, backed by Democratic senators. Some of Biden’s closest advisers, including the president’s now-national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice, and others, endorsed a 2019 measure that passed both chambers of Congress, only to be vetoed by former President Donald Trump.
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