SPEAK WITH THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS BEING ACCUSED
OF CAUSING UP WITH OIL-RICH
DICTATORS AS GAS PRICES NEAR
RECORD LEVELS.
ADVISORS ARE APPARENTLY
DISCUSSING A POSSIBLE VISIT TO
SAUDI ARABIA TO HELP REPAIR
RELATIONS.
U.S. OFFICIALS BEGIN RARE
FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH WHEN
THE SWELLING OFFICIALS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
ALL THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION
IS TRYING TO HAMMER OUT A NEW
NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN.
THE AVERAGE PER GALLON OF GAS IN
THE UNITED STATES NOW TOPS $4,
THAT’S THE HIGHEST IN 14 YEARS.
GENERAL KEANE, STARTING WITH YOU
ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES THAT
HAVE SPOKEN WITH REUTERS, THE
UNITED STATES IS PREPARED TO GO
IT ALONE IF IN A BAR GOING OIL
FROM RUSSIA IF OTHERS WILL NOT.
IT SIMPLY REFUSING TO GIVE MONEY
TO TERRORISTS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US IF WE
GO IT ALONE ON THIS EMBARGO?
>> FIRST OF ALL WE SHOULDN’T GET
OUR ALLIES INVOLVED FROM THIS.
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
RELUCTANCE BECAUSE OF THE
DEPENDENCY, BUT IT’S THE RIGHT
CALL TO MAKE.
IT SHOULD’VE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
I THINK IT’S JUST A MORAL
IMPERATIVE TO NOT BE TAKING OIL
AND GIVING RUSSIA MONEY TO FUEL
THE WAR THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO.
THE FACT THAT IT HAS TO BE
CONGRESSIONAL PRESSURE ON THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO AWAKEN THEM TO
THAT MORAL REALITY IS SOMEWHAT
STUNNING.
LET’S BE FRANK ABOUT IT.
RUSSIA WILL MAKE THAT UP.
I WILL GO TO THE CHINESE, THOUGH
PROBABLY GET A DISCOUNT, AND
THEY’LL GET SOME OF THAT
REVENUE.
BUT THE PRINCIPLE INVOLVED IS
CLEARLY WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO
AFTER THEIR OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
PER SE.
AND GET THE EUROPEANS AS MUCH,
MUCH THEY ARE MORE DEPENDENT ON
IT THAN WE ARE, TO GET THEM
REALLY INVOLVED ON A
COMPREHENSIVE WAY HERE AND TRY
TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LACK OF
OIL AND GAS IN TERMS OF HELPING
AND ASSISTING PARTICULARLY WITH
THE GAS.
WE’VE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE WAYS
THAT CAN BE DONE.
BUT I’M GLAD THE ADMINISTRATION
IS MOVING FORWARD.
LET’S PULL THE TRIGGER QUICKLY
AND GET THIS DONE.
AND THE ABSOLUTE ABSURDITY AND
LOOKING TO A COMMUNIST DICTATOR
WHO WAS AN ALLY OF RUSH, OR THE
IRANIANS WHO ARE ALSO AN ALLY OF
RUSSIA AS A SOURCE OF THIS,
MAKES NO SENSE AND IS MUCH AS
BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA MAKES NO
SENSE.
THAT’S UNBELIEVABLY LEAN ON THE
PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF
PURSUING A GOAL LIKE THAT.
>> IT IS.
IN 2019 WE CUT OFF DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENEZUELA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZED THE
OPPOSITION LEADER, AND I WE ARE
MEETING WITH THEM.
A TOTAL TURN AROUND.
KENNEDY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
OUR DOMESTIC ENERGY CAPACITY AS
AMERICANS FACE MORE THAN $4 OF
THE GAS PUMP, LOOK AT US.
WE HAVE ABOUT
38.2 BILLION BARRELS IN OIL
RESERVES, 5.7 TIMES OUR ANNUAL
CONSUMPTION.
SENATOR RUBIO MAKING THE
POINT -- AND WE GET RIGHT.
WE WILL TAP THE ENERGY BECAUSE
OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, BUT IN
VENEZUELA DOESN’T AFFECT CLIMATE
CRISIS?
>> WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH A
LIFE-AND-DEATH CRISIS AND
SUBSIDIZING RUSSIA AND THEIR
MURDEROUS MARCH INTO UKRAINE WE
ARE IN OIL ORIGINATION.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO TAKE A
POLITICAL AND MORAL STAND, WE
HAVE TO TAP INTO THE ENERGY THAT
WE HAVE HERE AND WE HAVE A LOT.
WE’RE STILL VERY MUCH DEPENDENT
ON OIL, SO WHY WOULD WE DEPEND
ON THIS HORRIFIC CARTEL BETWEEN
VENEZUELA, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA,
AND RUSSIA.
THEY’RE IN IT TOGETHER.
THEY’RE ONLY GOING TO GROW MORE
DESPERATE AS THE GLOBE WEANS
ITSELF OFF OF OIL.
AND I HOPE WE DO.
I HOPE WE HAVE NUCLEAR ENERGY IN
THIS COUNTRY.
I HOPE WE HAVE NEW INNOVATIONS
TO GET US OFF OF THIS DEPENDENCY
DEPENDENCY.
UNTIL WE DO WE HAVE TO CREATE
AND REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR OWN OIL
AND ENERGY AND DEPENDENCY HERE
BE SELF-RELIANT.
IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT LIFE AND
DEATH IN TERMS OF THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, WORRY ABOUT LIFE AND
DEATH IN THE HERE AND NOW IN THE
PRESENT.
>> THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
IN MY VIEW THIS ADMINISTRATION
HAS NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT GAS
PRICES.
OWN A FLASH BACK TO WHAT THE
ENERGY SECRETARY SAID IN
NOVEMBER.
>> WHAT IS THE GRAND PLAN TO
INCREASE OIL PRODUCTION IN
AMERICA?
>> THAT IS HILARIOUS.
WOULD THAT I HAD THE MAGIC WAND
ON THIS.
AS YOU KNOW OF COURSE OIL IS A
GLOBAL MARKET.
IT IS CONTROLLED BY A CARTEL.
I CARTEL IS CALLED OPEC.
>> I THINK AMERICANS WILL
REMEMBER THAT AT THE PUMP.
>> IT MUST BE CONTAGIOUS FOR
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
IT’S DISGUSTING.
YOU ARE PREACHING A MOMENT AGO A
SWEET CARD OUT THE CARTEL, AT
LEAST SHE DIDN’T ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT MY GOODNESS.
BUT SAUDI ARABIA, ARE THEY ARE
FRIENDS, GENERAL KEANE?
I’M LOOKING AT CROWN
PRINCE MOHAMMED AND SOLOMON AND
I’M WONDERING IF WE HAVE TO COZY
UP NOW TO GO BEGGED THEM TO DO
MORE.
ARE THEY REALLY FRIENDS?
BY THE WAY THEY WERE NOTICEABLY
SILENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER
THE WAR STARTED A WEEK AND HALF
AGO.
NOTICEABLY.
TURKEY AND ISRAEL SPOKE UP
CARTER SAID WE WISH EVERYONE
WOULD WORK IT OUT TOGETHER.
BUT WHERE WAS SAUDI ARABIA WITH
THE STARTED?
WHOSE SIDE ARE THEY ON?
I’M CURIOUS.
AS KENNEDY POINTED OUT, THEY ARE
ON THEIR OWN SIDE.
>> WILL YES, WE TREAT THEM AS A
PARTNER IN THE REGION.
IT’S ONE OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS
THAT WE HAVE THAT BRINGS TO MIND
THE TENSION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN
HAVING A PARTNER FOR SECURITY
REASONS, AND ALSO FRUSTRATED
WITH THE PARTNER BECAUSE OF
THEIR VALUES.
THAT TENSION IS ALWAYS THERE
WITH SAUDI ARABIA BECAUSE WERE
SO OUT OF SYNC WITH THEIR
VALUES.
THAT’S WHAT COMES TO MIND WITH
THE CASSETTE OG AFFAIR AND THEY
WANTON USE OF AIRPOWER IN YEMEN
THAT KILLED SO MANY CIVILIANS
AND WE KNOW HOW TO AVOID THAT.
SO YES, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE
TENSION GOING FORWARD, BUT WE
PROVIDE THEM ARMS AND A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO BE FRANK.
WE HAVE SHARED INTELLIGENCE WITH
THEM ON RADICAL ISLAM.
WE SHARE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM
TO PUSH BACK ON THE IRANIANS.
SO YES, WE’LL GO FORWARD AS
PARTNERS WITH SAUDI ARABIA.
BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TIMES
WHEN THERE’S GOING TO BE TENSION
OVER THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR
VALUES.
>> REBECCAH, MEANWHILE THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS
TRYING TO REVIVE THE IRANIAN
NUCLEAR DEAL PAIR THEY WON’T
EVEN MEET WITH THEIR ENVOY AND
RUSH OUT TO TO IRAN.
ALL OF THESE ACTORS HAVE TO GET
TOGETHER.
>> IT’S HARD TO PLAN A WORSE
COURSE.
IF WE WERE TRYING TO SAY WHAT IS
THE MOST DISASTROUS FOREIGN
POLICY THIS IS THAT.
THE BIDEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
MADERO FOR ENERGY.
THEY’LL TAKE THE MONEY THEY GET
FROM THE UNITED STATES, THOUGH
BIO WEAPONS FROM THE RUSSIANS.
THE RUSSIANS WILL TAKE MONEY AND
BUY COMMODITIES FROM THE
UKRAINIANS.
THERE IS A TRIANGULAR THING
WHICH WE ARE -- AND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SOLUTION FEEDS
INTO IT.
IT’S JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
ONE MORE POINT ON SAUDI ARABIA.
IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REACHED OUT
TO THE SAUDIS UNDERSTANDING
THERE WERE KEY TO COUNTERING
IRAN.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAME IN
AND REALLY ROILED THAT
PARTNERSHIP WE HELP WITH THE
SAUDIS.
THAT’S WHERE THE SAUDI STARTED
TO REACH OUT TO THE RUSSIANS.
SO NOW THEY’VE BEEN CHILLING
TOWARDS US AND THEY BEEN PUSHED
INTO THE RUSSIAN CAMP.
AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION’S INABILITY
TO SEE WHERE THERE IS VALUE IN
PARTNERSHIP.
WHERE THERE ARE FRIENDS AND
ALLIES HAVE BEEN SO TERRIBLE AND
WORSENING THE CULMINATION OF
THAT PLAY OUT BEFORE US WITH