The Saudis used to be our bestest buddies, until they started making eyes at the Israelis (there’s a meme for that sort of thing.)

https://pics.me.me/normies-guy-looking-at-girl-meme-the-guy-looking-at-27489345.png

That was a rebuff to the Democrats that cannot be forgiven, even while Biden is begging them for favors. While pandering to their mortal enemies in Iran.

No wonder the daily news looks like a TV Guide synopsis of a soap opera’s episodes.

I expect at a minimum further actions by OPEC / Saudis to weaken the petroleum dollar. And probably actions to reduce Saudi asset exposure in the West to seizure / sanctions.

“Biden Administration’s Nuke Deal: Ensuring Russian and Iranian Terrorist Hegemony Over the Whole Arab World”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18962/iranian-terrorist-hegemony

How about present the administration with 25 detailed appropriations bills each year rather than catch-all continuing resolutions? Did “Regular Order” McConnell ever accomplish this? Congress used to do this routinely prior to 1981.

And note, an appropriations bill for the Department of Education would have a line item for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and other statistical compilations, a line item for the inspector-general, and $0 for everything else. One for HUD would have a line item for the office which regulates lead paint exposure, another for the regulatory agency which overseas mortgage maws, another for the inspector-general, and $0 for everything else. Most of the FCC’s budget in recent years has gone to telecom subsidies; it should be $0. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities should receive $0. Scattered throughout the federal budget are line items for ‘grants, subsidies, and contributions’. If they haven’t anything to do with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, unemployment compensation, veterans’ benefits, disaster relief, or federal employee benefits, they should be $0. The Department of Energy at one time had a portfolio of $50 bn in equity’s and loans. Authorization to make further investments…$0.

But also more nuclear power, including smaller, safer, molten salt (Thorium) reactors which are useless for making nuclear weapons. (Tho the tech is somewhat fungible; less so than money).

Saudis going more for Russia is likely part of their desire to be more balanced, like India, between the US power and the non-US power, including China. But part of that desire is the visible unreliability of US Democrats as allies.

That’s the Obama-Biden – Clinton legacy in the world: unreliable allies. Tens or hundreds of billions for Ukraine changes that a bit, but mostly towards “it pays to bribe Democrats thru their kids or their bribery foundations (like Clinton’s)”.