from 21st Century Wire:

A petulant regime in Washington. It’s a truly sad scene.

After coming back empty-handed from his recent trip Saudi Arabia to the kingdom where he begged the royal family to pump more oil in order help lower gasoline prices ahead of the upcoming US midterm elections – as well as a rebuff of further Washington begging to pump this week by OPEC +1, the Biden Administration has decided to lash out at the long-time ally of Washington – now threatening sanctions and other ‘tough’ diplomatic measures.