Solarbird 

I saw an interesting analysis on how fucked US-Saudi relations are now and why, but it's on a Meta platform. [EDIT: Originally sourced elsewhere, turns out. Not that Substack is any great shakes either, but it's better than Meta]

[new link]: https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-just-lost-saudi-arabia

On the plus side, it's great news for Ukraine, and yet more incredibly bad news for Putin's Russia. Suck it, Putin.

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BREAKING: TRUMP JUST LOST SAUDI ARABIA

Trump told the man who controls 12% of the world’s oil to kiss his ass. That man just restructured Middle Eastern security with Ukraine, telling Trump, "It's over".

Dean Blundell
7:37pmWeb
Show threadSolarbird 3h ago

In comments, @dl2jml provides another, differing analysis that is also interesting:

https://houseofsaud.com/mbs-netanyahu-trump-iran-war-saudi-strategy/

I have a somewhat higher number of doubts about this one, for a couple of reasons, but it's certainly plausible, and definitely interesting.

I could get into what I see as its flaws but I really need to get into Costco today, so I'm gonna do that instead. Maybe later. ^_^

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MBS and Netanyahu Are Fighting Over Trump — and MBS Is Winning - House of Saud

Netanyahu and MBS are bidding for Trump's war in Iran. One brought ideology, the other brought a checkbook — and to Trump, the checkbook is King.

House of Saud
Show threadJerome4h ago

@moira You could have simply cited the original article:

https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-just-lost-saudi-arabia

BREAKING: TRUMP JUST LOST SAUDI ARABIA

Trump told the man who controls 12% of the world’s oil to kiss his ass. That man just restructured Middle Eastern security with Ukraine, telling Trump, "It's over".

Dean Blundell
Show threadSolarbird 4h ago
@dl2jml That would've involved reading comments on Facebook.
Show threadJerome4h ago
@moira There are other articles on the same subject:
https://houseofsaud.com/trump-humiliates-mbs-fii-miami-us-saudi-alliance/
Trump Humiliates MBS at Saudi Investment Summit

Trump told 1,500 Saudi delegates MBS is "kissing my ass." The FII Miami incident exposes a wartime alliance built on dependency, not partnership. The triple bind.

House of Saud
Show threadJerome3h ago
@moira And this one, which gives a different theory: https://houseofsaud.com/mbs-netanyahu-trump-iran-war-saudi-strategy/
MBS and Netanyahu Are Fighting Over Trump — and MBS Is Winning - House of Saud

Netanyahu and MBS are bidding for Trump's war in Iran. One brought ideology, the other brought a checkbook — and to Trump, the checkbook is King.

House of Saud
Show threadAndres1h ago
@moira Wild.