Raving in Riyadh – The New Saudi Arabia with Sami Hamdi
The Thinking Muslim
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Bin Salman Prefers a Republican President
I think that it's certainly true that bin Salman prefers a Republican president. Having said that, there is an incident that took place during Trump administration that altered the way in which I perceive bin Salman's view of the Republicans. When Saudi and Russia had the oil price war and Trump demanded that they stop the war and that they cut production and Saudi cuts production to bring oil prices up. The reason bin Salman refused to cut production is because tradition, you what happens is the Americans ask for it. Saudis believe that American push for shale oil was bringing the oil prices down and making oil on 10 most society believe I'm not going to benefit you in this. That caused friction in the relationship. And
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