NEW YORK: Days after US President Donald Trump warned that the oil-rich kingdom’s management won’t final “two weeks” with out American help, Saudi crown prince praised the US chief saying “any buddy will say good issues and unhealthy issues”.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying, “I really like working with him, [Trump]. You understand, it’s a must to settle for that any buddy will say good issues and unhealthy issues.”
Trump has elevated his verbal assaults on OPEC as international benchmark. Brent crude oil has risen to a four-year excessive. On the United Nations final month, Trump stated OPEC was “ripping off the remainder of the world” with crude costs, now about $85 a barrel. He warned that “we’re not going to place up with these horrible costs for much longer”.
In response to Bloomberg, “Trump has heaped explicit strain on Saudi Arabia, the world’s high exporter of crude oil, to do extra to ease costs, by linking the American navy presence within the Persian Gulf to the dominion’s oil-production coverage.”
“How about our navy offers the place we shield wealthy nations that we don’t get reimbursed?” Trump advised a marketing campaign rally in Mississippi on Tuesday.
“I really like the king, King Salman, however I stated, ‘King, we’re defending you. You must pay in your navy, it’s a must to pay.’”
It’s a theme he’s been sounding for years, tweeting in March 2015 that if Saudi Arabia “desires our assist and safety, they need to pay dearly! NO FREEBIES” .
And it’s not restricted to Saudi Arabia. In his speech to the UN Common Meeting final month, the president stated the US anticipated “different international locations to pay their justifiable share”.
Printed in Daybreak, October seventh, 2018