Link: https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/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".

The headline is a bit sensationalist, but the article is good.

And just wait until the Strait of Hormuz remains closed; the Gulf states are going to need revenue, and ceasing to subsidize the American economy may be at the top of their list of priorities.

I keep reading articles that make excessive use of the sentence structure "that's not X, its Y" and it makes me think it's being written or edited with AI. It's annoying because it might not be at all, but it's such a common thing to see with AI usage I can't tell anymore.

You're spot on. That's a classic AI prose giveaway.

Now you're asking the right questions. That's not just simple editing, that's AI editing. I'm going to give you the honest brutal truth, AI editing is everywhere.

There are at least two whole paragraphs starting at the one about insurance policies that are repeated towards the end of the article with different wording.

This is a good thing. I don't like how cozy SA and US have been for a long time. Trump is so stupid he accidentally did something good.

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It was bound to happen eventually with all the crap he flings in all directions.

There's only room for one pedo king at Trump's table.

The Gulf states economy is entirely based on 3 pillars:
Selling oil, acting as a hub for air travel, and being the "safe" tourist destination in the middle east.
This war destroyed all 3 on the first day.
On top of that, the Gulf states get all their drinking water from desalination plants in range of Iran missiles.

That's not a situation any country can tolerate for more than a few months.
Now the US has shown that they aren't capable of opening the Strait or protecting the Gulf states.
And Iran has shown that they will let ships through if they're from countries that don't support the US in this war.

The only prudent move for the Gulf states is to ditch the US.

It’s definitely AI writing. Still a decent summary of how the GCC security situation is changing.

The only prudent move for the Gulf states is to ditch the US.

Exactly. Iran said as much last week. It's widely believed (but not confirmed) that Macron did a deal with Tehran to allow that French tanker through today.

The Iranians have made association with the US a liability for anyone who needs gulf oil and there is nothing the US can do to stop it.

GCC? What does a C compiler has to do with this?🤪

Goldcoast City Council ?

Tl;dr:

Trump joked about MBS being his little bitch boy, on the same day MBS signed a 10 year security agreement with Ukraine for drone interceptors.

SA needs to intercept Shaheds with cheaper munitions then patriots, and Ukraine can provide those.

That's basically all that's said in this entire post.

Well, maybe stopping the war and paying reparations...

Netanyahu has played trump for an absolute fool.