1 00:00:01,165 --> 00:00:03,434 to see. 2 00:00:03,434 --> 00:00:06,137 >> We will have to wait and see. 3 00:00:06,137 --> 00:00:07,038 Thank you so much. 4 00:00:07,038 --> 00:00:09,273 Let's bring in CNN global 5 00:00:09,273 --> 00:00:23,054 affairs analyst with more. 6 00:00:23,054 --> 00:00:25,022 You write kings depending on the 7 00:00:25,022 --> 00:00:27,391 United States and weary of 8 00:00:27,391 --> 00:00:30,528 offending Washington have been 9 00:00:30,528 --> 00:00:31,362 over for some time now. 10 00:00:31,362 --> 00:00:33,231 An unpredictable Saudi leader is 11 00:00:33,231 --> 00:00:35,132 in charge and may when he 12 00:00:35,132 --> 00:00:37,034 becomes king will Saudi Arabia 13 00:00:37,034 --> 00:00:38,636 perhaps a century. 14 00:00:38,636 --> 00:00:41,172 So you believe Saudi Arabia is 15 00:00:41,172 --> 00:00:43,040 not a U.S. Ally and that the 16 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:43,541 president should stop treating 17 00:00:43,541 --> 00:00:45,076 it like one. 18 00:00:45,076 --> 00:00:52,483 >> Look, Pam, a U.S. Ally is a 19 00:00:52,483 --> 00:00:53,885 country with what the united 20 00:00:53,885 --> 00:00:56,487 States shares common values. 21 00:00:56,487 --> 00:00:57,922 Clearly authoritarian 22 00:00:57,922 --> 00:00:59,190 governments are not allies of 23 00:00:59,190 --> 00:01:01,058 the United States. 24 00:01:01,058 --> 00:01:07,064 Saudi Arabia's not an all lie. 25 00:01:07,064 --> 00:01:08,132 Saudi Arabia, we see human 26 00:01:08,132 --> 00:01:12,436 rights now in oil production. 27 00:01:12,436 --> 00:01:15,773 With XI and Putin and finally, I 28 00:01:15,773 --> 00:01:18,075 think an ally is a country that 29 00:01:18,075 --> 00:01:25,082 has a strong base of domestic 30 00:01:25,082 --> 00:01:30,187 has a strong base of domestic 31 00:01:30,187 --> 00:01:35,459 has a strong base of domestic 32 00:01:35,459 --> 00:01:40,698 has a strong base of domestic 33 00:01:40,698 --> 00:01:45,102 has a strong base of domestic 34 00:01:45,102 --> 00:01:45,303 Britain. 35 00:01:45,303 --> 00:01:45,636 Canada. 36 00:01:45,636 --> 00:01:46,003 Australia. 37 00:01:46,003 --> 00:01:46,304 Japan. 38 00:01:46,304 --> 00:01:49,907 Written the by the Saudis. 39 00:01:49,907 --> 00:01:53,244 So whether the uaes, it will 40 00:01:53,244 --> 00:01:53,811 continue to go. 41 00:01:53,811 --> 00:02:05,122 So Biden has to do something, 42 00:02:05,122 --> 00:02:05,623 just how tough he's prepared to 43 00:02:05,623 --> 00:02:05,890 be. 44 00:02:05,890 --> 00:02:07,124 >> It's interesting. 45 00:02:07,124 --> 00:02:11,262 Saudi Arabia's not a U.S. Ally 46 00:02:11,262 --> 00:02:12,730 but the U.S. Has treated it like 47 00:02:12,730 --> 00:02:15,633 an ally through controversy 48 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:17,134 after controversy. 49 00:02:17,134 --> 00:02:18,402 You have 9/11 then the killing 50 00:02:18,402 --> 00:02:20,371 of the journalist and then 51 00:02:20,371 --> 00:02:21,238 Biden's trip. 52 00:02:21,238 --> 00:02:23,140 He even visited Saudi Arabia 53 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:41,292 after that to meet with crow 54 00:02:41,292 --> 00:02:41,592 N 55 00:02:41,592 --> 00:02:41,959 prince. 56 00:02:41,959 --> 00:02:44,662 But OPEC nations don't support 57 00:02:44,662 --> 00:02:45,162 this move. 58 00:02:45,162 --> 00:02:45,763 Other OPEC nations. 59 00:02:45,763 --> 00:03:01,846 Do you buy it's not political 60 00:03:01,846 --> 00:03:02,146 Y 61 00:03:02,146 --> 00:03:02,580 motivated? 62 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:05,883 >> The market wants the embargo, 63 00:03:05,883 --> 00:03:08,619 but I mean, how obtuse would you 64 00:03:08,619 --> 00:03:18,329 have to be weeks before a 65 00:03:18,329 --> 00:03:18,663 midterm. 66 00:03:18,663 --> 00:03:22,600 How obtuse would you be if you 67 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,703 took an action and didn't 68 00:03:25,703 --> 00:03:27,204 believe you were damaging the 69 00:03:27,204 --> 00:03:27,805 credibility and political 70 00:03:27,805 --> 00:03:31,208 sailings of the president of the 71 00:03:31,208 --> 00:03:46,891 United States and then 72 00:03:46,891 --> 00:03:47,591 to do 73 00:03:47,591 --> 00:03:48,626 something like this. 74 00:03:48,626 --> 00:03:51,629 I again, I don't believe in 75 00:03:51,629 --> 00:04:02,840 conspiracies, but this crown 76 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,945 prince I believe that mbs, 77 00:04:07,945 --> 00:04:10,815 aka mbs, has already made a 78 00:04:10,815 --> 00:04:14,018 judgment that he's looking 79 00:04:14,018 --> 00:04:34,266 beyond Joe 80 00:04:34,572 --> 00:04:35,272 Biden. 81 00:04:35,272 --> 00:04:37,274 In the administrations I worked 82 00:04:37,274 --> 00:04:39,543 for, half a dozen of them. 83 00:04:39,543 --> 00:04:41,545 Unlike Lehman brothers the 84 00:04:41,545 --> 00:04:43,547 relationship is perceived to be 85 00:04:43,547 --> 00:04:44,782 too big and too important to 86 00:04:44,782 --> 00:04:46,484 fail but if you get through 87 00:04:46,484 --> 00:04:47,885 this, I think you'll have to 88 00:04:47,885 --> 00:04:49,587 admit that he's going to be an 89 00:04:49,587 --> 00:04:50,855 extremely problematic partner. 90 00:04:50,855 --> 00:04:51,689 Not ally.