I think back to Bill Maher's comment after Trump's election, that he wished the US economy would tank in order to force Trump out. The fight between globalism and nationalism is real, trillions of dollars and personal power are at stake. I wouldn't be surprised if all this is planned. Biowarfare extended to economic warfare...
But have no doubt Trump will prevail.
It looks like they dropped prices and increased output..in a reversal of policy
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/08/813439501/saudi-arabia-stuns-world-with-massive-discount-in-oil-sold-to-asia-europe-and-u-
Interesting. I first thought that contradicted the article I cited, but now I see that it's ambiguous. Consider this:
vs.
The first one is as it was published by DC. In the second, I only removed one comma, after other way. In the second, it's now clear it was Russia, and that's how I interpreted it. With the comma intact, it's ambiguous.
The Washington ComPost article is behind a paywall, so I can't see what they actually published. But, this article makes it clear it was the Saudi's:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/business/oil-price-crash-explainer/index.html
What I heard on Rush today...Saudis were pushing for the first, but Russia wouldn't go along so they fought back by dropping prices and increasing output. There was a reversal in plans. Russia is fucked.