Wednesday, April 29, 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES QUITS OPEC. A 'SHEIKHY' SITUATION.

 


Here is some news: 

UAE quitting OPEC
heavy blow to OPEC and Saudi Arabia
éxit of UAE create disarray and weakens OPEC
UAE decided after careful look at OPEC's energy strategies
UAE did not consult with Saudi 
UAE exit from OPEC is a win for President Trump
he accused OPEC of "ripping off rest of the world" by high oil prices
Trump has linked US military support for Gulf with oil prices
saying US defends OPEC members, but they "impose high oil prices"
UAE criticized Arabs for not doing enough to protect it against Iran 
UAE criticized Arab and Gulf countries' response to Iranian attacks 
GCC countries politically and militarily weakest historically
weak stance from GCC countries 


MY COMMENTS:

In 2016, during his first term as president Mr Trump famously told the Saudis that without the American security cover Saudi Arabia would not last for more than two weeks. Here he is: 



The same method is being applied to the UAE now. 

But world oil prices increased slightly yesterday, the exit of the UAE did not push down oil prices. Because oil prices are still determined by good old 'supply and demand'. Big producers like  Russia, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and the United States affect the supply side. 

World oil production is about 100 million barrels per day (mbpd). The US consumes 20 mbpd and China consumes 16 mbpd.

With the exit of the UAE it will now become a little bit more difficult for OPEC to insist on high prices.  It also weakens OPEC's production quotas system. 

Saudi Arabia remains the dominant player in OPEC (largest spare capacity, swing producer).  But there is more burden on Riyadh to stabilize prices (deeper/longer cuts if needed).

More significantly the world's perception of OPEC shifts from being a solid “cohesive cartel” to a cracking-up, Saudi-led coalition. 

The Arab countries, especially the oil producer GCC (Gulf) countries want to see the US (and Israel) decisively defeat Iran and change the Iranian regime. Of course this gives the US (and Israel) even more leverage in the Middle East.  

Monday, April 27, 2026

ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM TDS (TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME)?

 

Once again the United States Secret Service has failed miserably in protecting the president of the United States. After the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 other western security agencies like the British and French as well as the KGB in the Soviet Union made assessments that the security lapse around President Kennedy was totally amateurish and unprofessional. 

We saw this incompetence of the US Secret Service again in 1981 in the attempted assassination of president Ronald Reagan (picture below) outside the lobby of the same Hilton Hotel  in Washington DC (where the attempt on President Trump's life happened yesterday).




The whacko who tried to assassinate President Trump yesterday had attended the 'No Kings' rallies organised by the Democratic Party in the US. "No Kings" is a slogan trumped up by the TDS cult (Trump derangment syndrome). 

They are forgetting that in 2024 Donald Trump won the US presidential elections by a slam dunk majority of 32 states versus 19 states won by The Cackle. Trump also secured a thumping 312 electoral votes vs 226 for the opponent. A solid 38% majority. 

And it was a return to power for Donald Trump after he "lost" the elections in 2020. 2024 was Trump's second victory. Hence to tarnish Trump with the 'No Kings' moniker (that he behaves like a king)  is not only foolish but it is camouflaged hate speech. It is designed to create hatred against a democratically elected president.  And it has worked because the shooter yesterday, Cole Tomas Allen had attended these No Kings rallies. He had also donated money to the Kamala Harris campaign. 

Readers should also not forget that there were two other failed attempts at Donald Trump's life - with the whole world watching on live telecast how Mr Trump's life was saved when he turned his head at the very last second just as a rifle bullet was heading straight for his head. Instead the bullet slightly grazed his ear. And the whole time the Secret Service snipers had the shooter (150 meters away) in their gunsights. Because they took him out within 10 seconds after Trump was shot (maximum 15 seconds). How were they able to locate, aim and fire at the shooter in 10 seconds, unless they had already spotted him? 

Then there was another assassination attempt against Mr Trump at the Trump Golf Course in Florida in September 2024. The wannabe shooter was caught and sentenced to life in prison. Now this third assassination attempt in just another 18 months.   And on all three occassions the Secret Service was in charge of Donald Trump's security.  The Secret Service is just  incompetent. Despite the billions of US Dollars that they spend.  Mr Trump has about 30 months left to finish his presidency.  There may be other attempts on his life. 

WHY?

The almost completely lame politics and unclear direction of the Democratic Party is having a lunar effect on the werewolves. 



Their front runner candidate who can run for president in 2028 is none other than The Cackle again. She already got wiped out in 2024.

Considering that Donald Trump's Republican Party is not only in power, doing extremely well on all fronts domestic, foreign policy, economy and defense, and with Venezuela successfully behind them, Cuba and Iran also sorted out and having a star studded Cabinet including Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert Kennedy and others it is most likely that the United States is looking at Republican presidents for at least another 10 years.

And the Republicans are turning the entire world upside down (it means billions and billions and billions of US Dollars). 

The Republicans have put global warming exactly where it belongs - in the trash bin. Carbon Credit conmen (like Al Goreng) would have lost billions of US Dollars holding on to worthless carbon credits papers. 

Trump's cancellation of really foolish special treatment for the electric vehicle industry has cost billions of dollars for the EV manufacturers. 

The latest is President Trump placing a gun to the heads of foreign drug companies who sell huge quantities of pharmaceuticals - threatening them with high tariffs if they did not "restructure" their pricing of pharmaceutical products in the US market. The result is they are cutting prices of their drugs between 50% to 600% or more.  Again billions and billions of US Dollars are involved.

The biggest losers will be the weapons manufacturers. The way things are going the US may pull out of NATO. If JD Vance (whose wife is a Hindu Tamil woman) becomes president after Trump the US may pull out of NATO. If Marco Rubio (who is a Catholic Cuban American, son of white Cuban immigrants) becomes president the US will likely remain inside NATO.  But the US writing cheques for billions of US Dollars to spend on weaponry in Ukraine, in Europe etc is no more. Mr Trump is a close friend of Mr Putin. Each time Mr Trump shakes hands with Mr Putin, that is billions of US Dollars in lost sales of American weapons. 

If Mr Trump sets foot into North Korea again that will cause even more billions in losses in sales of weapons. So  if you ask me, these are the billions of reasons (in US Dollars) why some people would want to assassinate Donald Trump.  He is really turning the world upside down.

When the regime in Iran is gotten rid of and the situation in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza stabilizes there can be an extended period of peace and prosperity in some of these countries in the Middle East. There will be a new alliance between Israel - Iran - Saudi Arabia - UAE and the Gulf countries. Lebanon is set to enjoy tremendous economic prosperity. All they have to do is "please do not kill your neighbours".  

Unfortunately there are a significant number of TDS patients (Trump Derangement Syndrome) who cannot wrap their heads around this. Or maybe they can and they dont like it.

Picture this - an alliance between the US, Russia and China.   
Lock and load.