When it comes to economic interests, not to mention that the current president attaches great importance to the interests of the United States, even his predecessors who hold high the banner of morality will never compromise.

It's just that Saudi Arabia is not Russia, so it is impossible to deal with Saudi Arabia with the same means as Russia.

In addition, Saudi Arabia is also an ally of the United States and has irreplaceable value.

Iran to the north?

Or war-torn Iraq?

Also, it was the United States and other Western countries that took the lead in making a fuss about oil prices in order to suppress Russia, and Saudi Arabia just followed the alliance to act.

Rationally, the United States has no reason to deal with Saudi Arabia at all.

However, Saudi Arabia must not be allowed to behave indiscriminately.

During the Democratic administration, the United States adopted a roundabout strategy of outflanking and dividing and disintegrating, that is, destroying the internal cohesion of the Arab world through Libya, Egypt and Syria, and turning Arab countries that believe in the same Allah, speak the same language, and have similar customs into scattered sands.

As a result, civil wars and turmoil broke out one after another in several peripheral countries, and it was natural that there would be no "great Arab" civilization when they were too busy to take care of themselves.

When the Republicans came to power, the U.S. strategy became more direct.

The Republican president, who puts "American interests" first, can no longer tolerate the economic war waged by Saudi Arabia and has no intention of continuing to sacrifice American interests.

The "storm of severing diplomatic relations" broke out from this.

On the surface, the "severance of diplomatic relations" was triggered by Qatar's Al Jazeera, and the reason given by Saudi Arabia was that the Qatari authorities tolerated Al Jazeera's wanton slander of the Saudi royal family.

If we go deeper, it can be seen that Saudi Arabia and Iran are vying for regional hegemony, that is, among the Gulf countries, only Qatar sympathizes with Iran and believes that it should take the initiative to improve relations with Iran, rather than being hostile to Iran, and should not confront Iran regardless of regional peace and stability.

In fact, in essence, it is still the United States that is suppressing Saudi Arabia.

Of course, there are also those Gulf countries that are "in the same stream" as Saudi Arabia.

Don't forget, for decades, the United States has been actively supporting Saudi Arabia in its fight against Iran, and once regarded Saudi Arabia as a bridgehead to resist the revolutionary movement.

If there is no Iran, will the United States actively support Saudi Arabia?

Then, if Saudi Arabia intervenes against Qatar, which is sympathetic to Iran, the United States should fully support it.

In addition, Qatar is also looking down on the United States, without the support of the United States, at least tacitly, why should Qatar sympathize with Iran?

You know, the largest military base in Qatar is in the hands of the US military.

As long as the United States wants to, and even does not need to prepare in advance, it can overthrow the Qatari government and exile the Qatari royal family with the troops deployed at Al Udeid airbase.

In the absence of an improvement in US-Iran relations, what reason does the United States have to acquiesce to Qatar's move closer to Iran?

To put it bluntly, it is to suppress Saudi Arabia.

Of course, it can also be said to tame the Saudis.

Perhaps, the US authorities believe that the "storm of severing diplomatic relations" will make the Saudi authorities sober up and know who is the boss in the Gulf region.

As long as Saudi Arabia is honest, it will not be difficult to push up international oil prices.

It doesn't have to be too high, just exceed the cost price of shale oil extraction, so that American shale oil companies can make money and not go bankrupt at a loss.

Fundamentally, the United States wants to use this means to control international oil prices.

Looking deeper, the United States is trying to deal with China, that is, by controlling international oil prices and making the world's largest oil importer subject to it.

In this way, it can economically gain the ability to contain and suppress China.

It's a pity that the Saudis didn't rest on their laurels.

Although the "turmoil over the severance of diplomatic relations" has subsided, at least it has not received much attention, and the Saudi authorities have not continued to put pressure on Qatar to treat it coldly, but the Saudi authorities, especially the Saudi royal family, have long seen through the arrogance of the United States and the greed of the United States.

The Saudi royal family has indeed come to its senses, but it is not quite what the US authorities expected.

You know, Saudi Arabia has almost nothing but oil.

Surrender the pricing power of oil?

To put it figuratively, this is like putting the root of life in the hands of the United States!

For Saudi Arabia, which has been striving to become a regional power with a major voice, it is okay to form an alliance with the United States, but it must not sacrifice its national interests.

In other words, there is no problem in being the younger brother of the United States, but the eldest brother must also take into account the interests of the younger brother.

If the eldest brother only cares about himself, regardless of the face and life of the younger brother, what qualifications do you have to be a big brother?

It can be seen that the actions of the United States, especially the use of Iran, have angered the Saudi royal family, and even made the Saudi royal family feel betrayed by the United States.

You must know that the contradiction between Saudi Arabia and Iran is not in the economy and security, but at a higher level.

Faith!

One is Sunni and the other is Shia.

Long before the birth of the United States, these two sects fought each other for hundreds of years!

In practice, it is the legitimacy of the Saudi royal family's ruling power in Saudi Arabia, which can also be said to be the majesty of the royal family.

It is only for its own self-interest that the Saudi royal family will not reconcile with Iran, nor will it tolerate any sympathetic and tolerant rhetoric about Iran.

Obviously, the American authorities made an extremely low-level, and extremely serious mistake.

If Iran is not discussed, there may be room for negotiation.

Moving Iran out, creating contradictions within the Gulf brothers, and supporting a new spokesperson, is it necessary to make Saudi Arabia change its face?

It's just that Saudi Arabia is not strong enough to get rid of the United States, or to the extent that it does not need to rely on the United States.

For this reason, Saudi Arabia can only find ways to maneuver with the United States, do its best to protect its own interests, and avoid unconditional compromise with the United States.

In Saudi Arabia's hands, Aramco's IPO is a trump card of great significance.

By allowing Aramco to issue shares on the New York Stock Exchange, it is moving closer to the United States, which is more economically, or at least financially, financially dependent.

Obviously, the Saudi royal family will not take this step unless it is absolutely necessary.

Similarly, in order to maintain relations with the United States, the Saudi royal family will not easily terminate IPO negotiations, after all, it is a clear turn against the United States.

Let's not forget that after the Saudi authorities announced the suspension of IPO negotiations, the United States increased its troops to Qatar.

Considering these factors, it is not difficult to imagine that Aramco's IPO negotiations will last for a long time, and it will be optimistic for a few years, and whether it can be negotiated is a question.

Perhaps, by the time it comes time to go public with Aramco, the United States will no longer be the leading big brother.

Of course, Wang Dong doesn't care about Aramco's IPO, he doesn't play finance, and he is not a rich man who has so much money that he has to go to the stock market to find excitement.

With the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Japan relenting, and Saudi Arabia accepting the favor when it sees good, the turbulent international situation will soon calm down.

Although only war and turmoil can provide orders to arms dealers, in Wang Dong's view, it is a great thing that the international situation tends to ease.

It's not that Wang Dong is peace-loving, but there is no urgent need, does India still need 500,000 rifles?