“Well, if he expects it to be the largest, he had better start courting Trump.”
There’s too many options that can be brought into play for a super cartel to hold a lock on oil prices. Saudi crown prince is desperate and needs more revenue to implement his modernization strategy. Plus, needs to keep feeding subsidies to the masses so there won’t be a coup.
A freeper in the other thread just pointed out that this would not have happened if Tillerson were still SOS. Thoughts?
The “modernization strategy” is not a strategy, it’s a gov sop. The NEOM city is a flop even before the foudnation are laid - it can’t compete with Dubai, leave alone Western cities or Indian / Chinese cities.