from 21st Century Wire:

We all know the story by now: after coming back empty-handed from a recent trip Saudi Arabia to beg the royal family to pump more oil in order help lower gasoline prices ahead of the upcoming US midterm elections, and a further rebuff to Washington by OPEC +1, the Biden Administration has decided to lash out at the long-time ally of Washington – and threaten sanctions and other ‘tough’ diplomatic measures.

Ironically, or not: President Biden is essentially doing what the Democrats impeached President Donald Trump for allegedly doing, this is – putting his own political interest ahead of the national interest. In Trump’s case, it was a phone call to Zelensky asking to investigate the Biden scandals. Here it’s Biden calling on the Saudis to hold-off on oil production cuts to oil production until after the 2022 midterms.