In 2017, Donald Trump was received with pomp and ceremony in Saudi Arabia, a symbolic sword dance was performed in his honor as an ally, and throughout his tenure a concerted effort was made to bring peace to the Middle East through the ‘ Abraham Accords’.
But Joe Biden’s “government from hell” has vowed since the campaign to “recalibrate relations with Saudi Arabia,” even turning them into a “pariah state.”
This opened the way for China to take an interest in the Middle East and participate in a “courtship” of traditional American partners.
Just how bad the relations have gotten can be captured in a “Discord Leak” document that was just released.
Washington Post reports:
“Last Fall, President Biden promised to impose “consequences” on Saudi Arabia for its decision to cut oil production amid high energy prices and a fast-approaching US election.
In public, the Saudi government politely defended its actions through diplomatic statements. But privately, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman threatened to fundamentally change the decades-old relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia and impose significant economic costs on the United States if it retaliated against the oil restrictions, according to a classified document obtained by The Washington Post. .
The crown prince claimed to “stop associating with the US government,” the document says, promising “major economic consequences for Washington.”
Eight months later, Biden has still not imposed any consequences on the Arab country, and Mohammed has continued to interact with top US officials, as he did this week with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Saudi coastal city of Jiddah.
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In fact, Secretary of State Blinken was received in such a calm manner that – see for yourself – there was no American flag in the meeting, which is seen by many as the diplomatic equivalent of an insult.
Crown Prince Mohammed ‘is de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, after his father King Salman appointed him prime minister in 2022’.
Biden and his cronies have strongly criticized Muhammad’s role in overseeing the war in Yemen, and U.S. intelligence has long ruled he was involved in the murder of Washington Post columnist (and Muslim Brotherhood associate) Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
The crown prince denies that he ordered the murder, but has since admitted that the murder took place ‘under his supervision’.
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Since falling out of favor with Washington, the Saudis have been involved in important diplomatic activities, from seeking peace in Yemen to surprising rapprochement with Iran and Qatar.
Another Discord leak showed that the Saudis are planning to expand relations with China by purchasing drones, missiles and surveillance systems from Beijing.
Sputnik reported:
“The first day of the 10th Arab-Chinese Trade Conference in Saudi Arabia ended with the signing of 30 investment deals worth 37.5 billion Saudi Riyals ($9.9 billion)
The parties signed agreements in technology, renewable energy, agriculture, real estate, minerals, logistics, tourism and healthcare, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.