cut by opec at its russia-let allies, u.s. officials called their counterparts in saudi arabia and other big goals producers with an urgent plea to allay the decision for another month. according to those familiar with the talks, saudi officials said to dismiss the request which they viewed as a political gambit by the biden administration to avoid bad news ahead of the u.s. midterm elections. the one thing donald trump has taught the political class is leverage. if you want leverage, produce oil. frack. they were leaning on us to try and destroy the frackers in america. if we got our production up as jamie dimon recommended the minute this war started in february, we could go over and say we d put our production up. he says america is the swing oil producer. we should not be looking at opec. we are bigger than saudi arabia if we want to be, and we can control the price. but you call them a pariah nation and you stop producing oil, and then you call them with a phone call to delay? you
knowing there s a big push around the restaurant to mike western world for this green energy push, the up the price, it goes to $90 a barrel, and they cut back production. now, the saudi arabia and said, yeah, we got a call from you guys, but i don t make all the decisions. it s opec plus. we sit around and had this meeting, and the whole group decided as a conglomerate to raise prices. it was in their economic interests. they go on to say that the kingdom affirms its view with his relationship as the united states of america as a strategic one that serves the common interest of both countries for the last 80 years. they don t say anything about being friends, and the kingdom of saudi arabia is not a country we want to emulate, but a strategic partner, for the most part. pretty consistent, especially when you re alternative is iran. so here is what they wanted to point out to you. days before major oil production
look at it that way, i said last week and i ll say it again loud and clear, as president, i will use my executive power to combat the climate crisis. griff: the president s approval rating plummets to 31%, the lowest of his presidency and quinnipiac found americans do not want him to run again with 54% of democrats saying, don t run joe. his critics think he is not focusing on the real problems. talk about a climate emergency, we ought to be talking about energy emergency, that is where the american people think the problem is. griff: the president will travel to pennsylvania today to talk about the recently passed gun legislation. carley: griff jenkins, thank you. jesse watters says the green energy push will be a political loser for biden. jesse: if joe thinks this will win voters, he s dumber
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are so dependent on diesel the white house says an emergency declaration is prepared for president biden to release diesel from the nation s reserves if it becomes necessary to bridge what they call short-term supply shortfalls. but biden announced in march he would release a million barrels of oil each day from the strategic petroleum reserve to bring down gas prices. it has made no impact and critics say the green energy push is more than americans can afford. he wants americans to fundamentally change how they live and if they have to pay through the nose to do it, he is fine with that. that is incredibly discouraging because we re not going to come out of this stronger if we stay on this path. we ll come out of it bankrupt. in some parts of the country a gallon of regular costs as much as the federal minimum wage of 7.25 an hour. all of this as travelers head into memorial day weekend, dana. dana: quite a trip.