The timing of the OPEC decision to cut oil production right before the U.S. midterms is drawing speculation.
reported that Kushner spearheaded a U.S. government-sponsored program called the Abraham Fund intended to raise $3 billion for Middle East-related projects. That followed previous reports that Kushner's private equity firm received a $2 billion check from Saudi Arabia—the same nation that, along with Russia, agreed Wednesday to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day to raise prices.Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based liberal think tank.
"Did Jared visit the Saudi's at DJT's urging, seeking higher oil prices to harm the Dems in the midterms? Just wondering,"
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