Oil Feud | Did Crown Prince MBS' Threat of "Economic Consequences" Prompt Biden's Saudi U-Turn?

Leaked US intelligence claims the Saudi Crown Prince threatened the US following Washington’s vow to punish Riyadh in 2022. In 2022, US President Biden had pledged to impose ‘consequences’ on Saudi Arabia for teaming up with Russia to cut oil production. Mohammed bin Salman retaliated with threats to alter the Saudi-US relationship, as per leaked US intelligence cited by the Washington Post. MBS privately threatened that “he will not deal with the US administration anymore”, vowing “major economic consequences for Washington”. However, it’s not clear if the threat was made directly to US officials or if it was intercepted by electronic spying.