Are U.S.-Saudi Relations Beyond Repair?

“An escalating public dispute over oil between the Biden administration and Saudi Arabia risks causing irreparable harm to US relations with the crucial Mideast partner,” Bloomberg reports.

“The remarkably public contretemps reflects brewing impatience within the White House now that it has little to show for Biden’s outreach to the Saudis — which he was compelled to make as gasoline prices soared over the summer, despite his campaign promise to treat Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a ‘pariah.'”