Report: Saudi, UAE Leaders Refuse to Take Joe Biden’s Calls on Ukraine, Oil
Joel B. Pollak
Leaders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly refused to take phone calls from President Joe Biden during the Ukraine crisis, after he snubbed them repeatedly during the first year of his administration.
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the Saudis and Emiratis have refused to help Biden expand oil production to ease rising gas prices and make up for diminished Russian oil imports, and have cited a number of grievances with Biden.
The reported refusal of these key U.S. allies in the Arab world contradicts Biden’s repeated claim to have restored American diplomacy — “America is back!” — after what he claims were the dark and isolated years of the Trump administration.
As Breitbart News has reported, Biden repeatedly snubbed the Saudis and Emiratis, reacting to newfound Democratic Party outrage at human rights abuses by the Saudi regime, and punishing them for working closely with President Donald Trump.
In his first week in office, Biden suspended arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE that were thought to be part of the background to both countries’ support for the Abraham Accords, a series of peace deals between Israel and Arab states.
Later, Biden reversed a Trump administration decision to offer an exemption to aluminum tariffs for the UAE.