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Trump may halt US oil purchases from Saudi Arabia
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told the New York Times he would consider stopping U.S. oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless the Saudi government provide troops to fight Islamic State.
Trump’s comment on Friday was included in a lengthy foreign policy interview published by the newspaper on Saturday and came in response to a question about whether, if elected president, he would halt oil purchases from U.S. allies unless they provided on-the-ground forces against Islamic State.
“The answer is, probably yes,” Trump said, according to a transcript.
Trump has said the United States should be reimbursed by the countries it provides protection, even those with vast resources such as Saudi Arabia, a top oil exporter.
“And yet, without us, Saudi Arabia wouldn’t exist for very long,” Trump told the Times.
Trump also named in the interview retired Major General Gary Harrell, Major General Bert Mizusawa and retired Rear Admiral Charles Kubic as additional foreign policy advisors to the five named earlier this week who were criticized as obscure.
Trump has faced questions about his reluctance to reveal who was advising his campaign. He told the Times he was willing to rethink traditional U.S. alliances should he become president.
21 Comments on "Trump may halt US oil purchases from Saudi Arabia"
Rick Bronson on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 6:20 pm
Excellent.
US stopping oil imports will be a symbolic info that Saudis are the source of terror.
And Saudis will never provide troops to fight Islamic State because they are the financiers of IS.
They will sell their Oil elsewhere, but if every country take efforts to reduce oil consumption, we may see the beginning of end of oil.
Instead of buying their Oil and spending billions on Homeland security, we can better find a way to cut the oil consumption.
geopressure on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 6:36 pm
I think that this BS Chatter…
I think that the opposite is true… I think the Saudis are planning on shifting to Yuan-Only as payments for their crude oil & they expect all exports that currently go to the US to be shifted to China…
This is why the Split up of Motiva occurred so suddenly & out of nowhere… Now Aramco will suffer a 100% loss on the largest refinery in the US if they shift to Yuan-Only & eliminate US exports…
This is all going down no because the FED is planning to increase interest rates in April (usually considered to be an ‘inactive’ month FOMC meeting)… The US is going to strengthen the dollar & try to stop any positive advancement in oil prices for a bit longer…
The Saudis are trying their damnedest to revoke this power from the United States & give it to China…
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NOTE: there is more to this that I have not yet figured out – it is beyond the scope of my current imagination, but I am slowly piecing it together…
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US Refineries have to shut down, there will not be enough crude to feed them all, The US Government is making sure that the Saudis will bear 100% of the losses when these shutdowns occur… it can be limited to only one shutdown, i they shut down the port author refinery that is now 100% Aramco’s…
Go Speed Racer on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 8:00 pm
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Newfie on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 8:11 pm
Trump is to the USA as Romulus Augustus was to ancient Rome.
makati1 on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 8:20 pm
Interesting!
And what will the Us do when the ‘petrodollar’ no longer exists? Spend their non-existent gold? The petrodollar is the only thing propping up the Us financial system. No petrodollar, no system of payment for any imports to the Us. No need for foreign countries to hold dollars or USBs or USTs. In fact they would be dumped on the first day of the embargo. CRASH goes the Empire!
BTW: The Us imported 12% of it’s oily stuff from the KSA last year. Who is going to replace that?
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/PET_MOVE_IMPCUS_A2_NUS_EP00_IM0_MBBLPD_M.htm
This is becoming a very interesting year! Pass the popcorn.
Davy on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 8:25 pm
Funny how the petrodollar is in demand and the world is dumping the Yuan. Got any popcorn?
onlooker on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 8:27 pm
And funny how when one domino falls all the rest will follow.
Anonymous on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 9:03 pm
What would ‘ president the trump’ say when his advisors tell him the USlamic state is funded by ‘his’ regime and works to advance uS imperial interests? What would his response be? Not that I think for one moment the deep state would ever actually divulge that tidbit, or similar to the likes of a ‘prez trump’. But its a funny thought. Even more awkward, is that Saudi Arabia provides bases, co-operates with the uS ‘mil\intel types’ to ensure ‘ISIS’ remains a viable force. Or at least until the uS re-brands them (again). That one would be easier, all the CIA types have to tell ‘trumpster’ is that S.A. is helping fund ‘anti-ISIS’ rebels or some other nonsense and any ideas he has about not buying S.A. oil simply wont fly.
Not that this latest rambling of his is remotely serious. Trump is a born showman and huckster, and knows how to tell his fellow simpletons things they like to hear. He loves pushing his peoples buttons.
Despite his wealth and some access to the power elite, trump is as clueless as to how empire actually operates as his his dirt-poor ‘supporters’. He seems to think that the world and america operates in the same way the Jew York Times, or the Washingdum Post describes it.
geopressure on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 10:47 pm
Before you delve into a conversation about the Petrodollar, you might first do some basic research…
The U$D is a currency
The Petrodollar is a Term
They are not interchangeable & not the same things…
makati1 on Sat, 26th Mar 2016 11:33 pm
Geo, the petrodollar is what backs up and makes the USD/Empire possible. It certainly is NOT Us productivity or resources. YOU need to do some research on the subject, I think. When the world no longer needs dollars to buy oil, the game is over for the Us.
Ah, but ignorance of history (or facts) is bliss. Brainwashing is very successful in the Us. About the only thing that is these days. LOL
Truth Has A Liberal Bias on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 12:21 am
Donald Trump and his popularity is living proof that Americans are the stupidest fucking retards on the planet. Most of the world hopes that North Korae nukes you.
dooma on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 1:04 am
“The answer is, probably yes,” Trump said, according to a transcript.
Probably yes?
What sort of an answer is that?
Sounds like when I used to ask my parents for an ice-cream when I was a kid and they said “maybe later”
Northwest Resident on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 1:23 am
Follow-up question to Trump:
If we stop importing KSA oil, do you have another source in mind where we can import the lost oil from?
“The answer is, probably not.”
Next question: Have you given any thought to the economic impact that such a drastic and sudden cut in oil consumption in America would have?
“The answer is, probably not.”
Final question: If under the effect of truth serum, you were asked if you were anything but a clown show sponsored by TPTB to provide a “voice” to the angry, frightened, disenfranchised portion of white America with the goal being to harness that seething energy and use it as a cover to implement hardcore policies that TPTB are secretly plotting, would you deny it?
“Huh?”
Let me rephrase that. If under the effect of truth serum, would you deny that you are just another tool of TPTB?
“The answer is, probably not.”
geopressure on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 3:57 am
Well, if the Saudi’s cease to accept the U$D as payment for their resources, it will definitely weaken the dollar…
Lots of people around the world would like to crash the dollar, they HATE the U.S. & it is easy to understand why…
As a safegaurd, the U.S. intelligence community has made sure that these people have at least one closet in their house that is stacked to the ceiling in $100 Bills (Benjamin’s, Big-Faces, C-notes)… This ensures that they will think twice before taking action to crash the U$D…
geopressure on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 4:04 am
The Saudis are starting to crank up their AC this summer & gradually export less & less, the U.S. will start putting more & more pressure on them to increase exports (though it is had to believe that is even possible)…
(1) Al Naimi Stepped Down last week, though it was hardly even mentioned in Western Media…
(2) Motiva Breakup
There is a LOT of shit going on behind the scenes that we are not being made aware of… & increased oil production is not one of them…
It will be interesting to see if the Saudi Royal Family manages to survive 2016 still in power… My guess is that they will, they are not as dumb as they used to be…
Davy on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 5:10 am
While a Trump presidency is somewhat of an unknown we do know some facts about what others think his presidency might be. The DC establishment is scared shitless about a Trump prez. He may be the only one to shake up the establishment. Would he or can he even shack it up enough to matter is another story but it appears he would set them back. I am not going to vote myself for reasons George Carlin explained: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i-don-t-vote-two-reasons-first-of-all-it-s/761194.html
Davy on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 9:01 am
More Trump: Here is some foreign policy topics:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-27/trump-fighting-assad-and-isis-same-time-idiocy-allies-are-funding-terrorists
Northwest Resident on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 9:10 am
“The DC establishment is scared shitless about a Trump prez.”
Or, maybe, that’s just what they WANT us to think…
Or they could actually be scared shitless.
Who among the “little people” really know what the producers of mass propaganda are up to? All we can really do is speculate. In a world constantly subjected to false narratives, misdirection and mass propaganda, many things are not what they seem to be.
The two things we DO know for sure are that they are hiding many truths from us and that they put significant effort into manipulating our perceptions.
Apneaman on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 1:58 pm
Mexicans celebrate holiday by burning Trump in effigy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/mexicans-celebrate-holiday-by-burning-trump-in-effigy/2016/03/27/7d3d7888-f2d3-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_mexicotrump-150am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Apneaman on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 1:59 pm
Elections unnecessary in Saudi bcz its people happier with current system than almost other country in the world – ambassador
http://en.abna24.com/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2016/03/27/743427/story.html
efarmer on Sun, 27th Mar 2016 5:13 pm
I think the part that says:
Trump may halt is true, but the rest of the sentence strikes me as hyperbole.