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2016-03-27 Arabia

Trump would consider halting U.S. oil purchases from Saudis: NYT

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 It takes a child, or a buffoon, to see that the king is naked.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-27 03:26|| 2016-03-27 03:26|| Front Page Top

#2 So much for the tired old Emperor has no clothes on expression; https://youtu.be/ygKgnd8CrIQ

Notice the TelePrompter and note reading.

Posted by Dale 2016-03-27 09:23|| 2016-03-27 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Trump was a hit at AIPAC. Some were shocked that the audience loved him. Others were appalled.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-27 10:14|| 2016-03-27 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 "The answer is, probably yes,"

So less of a firm policy position and more of an incendiary device to ignite discussion. Go ahead, take the other side. Raise your and say "We should definitely keep buying Saudi oil". Oil embargo back in '73, OPEC, gas prices. Give that tarbaby a kick!

As our salmon-flavored moderator points out, the reality is more complicated. But this isn't reality, it's a media campaign. Trump may appear a cartoon buffoon, but he can play the media game.

Posted by SteveS 2016-03-27 12:15|| 2016-03-27 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 So buy from the newfound Israeli basin.

Posted by Knuckles Wittlesbach8868 2016-03-27 12:27|| 2016-03-27 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 makes sense to me, cut their cash flow, buy US oil and see what happens to KSA and all of their under the table deals

Posted by Bill Clinton 2016-03-27 14:56|| 2016-03-27 14:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Considering that the Saudis just went on a spree, buying up all the for sale refineries along the US Gulf Coast, this is something that they've been seeing in the distance.

Posted by ed in texas 2016-03-27 15:43|| 2016-03-27 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Sort of like the Japanese opening up auto plants in the US after the oil embargo caught the (then) Big Three with gas guzzlers and the subsequent capture of over a third of the market by people who were making not only fuel efficient autos, but with better quality and no hundred of dollars additional add on costs at the dealerships. The pressure by the American auto companies and unions almost put involuntary quotas on them. They saw the picture too and got around any future threat to their market. If you can't control the resource market, control the means of production.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-27 21:59|| 2016-03-27 21:59|| Front Page Top

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