This is not the first time OPEC has announced such a production cut in the last six months alone. The organization in October announced a similar cut of two million barrels per day, prompting Biden to vow “consequences” for Saudi Arabia. But the Democrat never made good on his threat—instead, Biden’s administration quickly “ended its talk of retaliation,” the Washington Post reported in January, going as far as to praise the Saudis for working to advance “U.S. interests.”
Biden’s National Security Council in a Sunday statement criticized OPEC’s decision as unadvisable but did not tease any action to combat the oil production cut. Daniel Turner, the founder and executive director of energy group Power the Future, said that response is not enough.
“Only a few short years ago foreign governments were unable to use energy as a weapon against the United States. Then Joe Biden came along and made OPEC great again,” Turner said.
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