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I wrote “Putin and MbS Used COVID-19 to Shutdown US Oil Producers. And Trump Was All Too Happy to Collude” a month ago today. In it I argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) were playing chess with American President Donald Trump – who seemed incapable even… Read more.
Trust me, it’s no accident that you are not benefiting from gas prices nearing 20-year lows. Because, if 95 percent of us were not under stay-at-home orders, prices would not be so. In the wake of the March meeting, Saudi Arabia and Russia moved to boost production in order to retain market share amid falling… Read more.
And plans to build a $500m city as restitution. Arguably, successive kings of Saudi Arabia have had the blood of Americans on their hands. Most notable of course is the blood of those who perished on 9/11. This is why it’s so perplexing that successive presidents of the United States have been so willing to… Read more.
